2/2/07 -
Whew! It has been a week since I have written. It was so busy getting ready for Winter Camp last week. Winter Camp was probably the best camp ever from the point of view of running it, spirit, attendance, and learning for me. I had a chance to learn more of Chang-Kwon, and even see GM Choi perform the entire form at performance speed. For many it was the first time anyone had seen Grandmaster Choi perform a whole form! It was "mind numbing." I mean the power and life that was behind it was the difference between Mozart and us 6 year-olds.
We had a really good Tai-Chi master that taught us the fundamentals of tai-chi and a short form. It was amazing with his skills how much we learned in a short amount of time! It was very centering and relaxing. He also, demonstrated the combat application for all of the techniques on our black belts. He confidently applied what he had been teaching on his subjects.
We had anothe kung-fu teacher come in and teach us an ancient Shaolin form that I am really enjoying working on. It is very different than any of my other forms, and I may demo it at the tournament. On Sunday, I tested and became one of less than a dozen certified Kimoodo Teachers worldwide!
Thursday, February 1, 2007
Thursday, January 25, 2007
1/25/07 -
Yesterday's lesson with Grandmaster Choi was very powerful! Combining a physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual workout, Grandmaster Choi workd to correct bad habits in my tiger stance, punching, skip front kick. We learned Um/Yang mushim-InNae to improve basics and warm-up. GM Choi showed how we can use this with students, especially children to hide repetition and improve basics. He taught us he original form of chung-kwan (chinese long-fist form) and showed us the two person application. It is very cool! We did partner Geugki and stretching that I thought was going to kill me, but I feel stronger than ever today!
GM Choi used the word Shim-Ryuk (Mind Power) to describe how to tell your body to relax as you work through pain and to re-educate cells from a place of pain and injury to its original form. It was extremely difficult, but it may just work. More on this tomorrow. Off to the pool
Yesterday's lesson with Grandmaster Choi was very powerful! Combining a physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual workout, Grandmaster Choi workd to correct bad habits in my tiger stance, punching, skip front kick. We learned Um/Yang mushim-InNae to improve basics and warm-up. GM Choi showed how we can use this with students, especially children to hide repetition and improve basics. He taught us he original form of chung-kwan (chinese long-fist form) and showed us the two person application. It is very cool! We did partner Geugki and stretching that I thought was going to kill me, but I feel stronger than ever today!
GM Choi used the word Shim-Ryuk (Mind Power) to describe how to tell your body to relax as you work through pain and to re-educate cells from a place of pain and injury to its original form. It was extremely difficult, but it may just work. More on this tomorrow. Off to the pool
Sunday, January 21, 2007
1/21/07 -
My work-out today was shoveling snow and cleaning the basement to get ready for the plumbers to jack-hammer tomorrow. I seemed to have pulled a muscle in my back doing mushim with the cane the other day so I will have to be cautious not to aggravate this week! Tonight I would like to thank my wife as an example of excellence. Tamara come from a family of six children. All of them have reached excellence in their own way. I attribute this to the excellent of their parents. Earl and Alma our very talented, hard working, have such high standards, and they have passed this one to their children.
My wife has extremely high standards and she exemplifies these in the way she does everything. Tamara is able to focus on any task at hand. It might be her work as an illustrator, care for our children, or performing martial arts. She never does anything half way. Even when my spirits are down her drive motivates me to focus just a little more energy!
1/24/07 -
Speaking of motivation, although my conditioning has gone well this week and my back is feeling better from doing kimoodo gently over the past few days, my hip pain has come back in full force, and I now it if from kicking. I am going to try back off the power for awhile and see if this helps. My fear is that I will be reduced to no kicking at all! Well I am off to Columbus for lesson 2 with Grandmaster Choi today.
My work-out today was shoveling snow and cleaning the basement to get ready for the plumbers to jack-hammer tomorrow. I seemed to have pulled a muscle in my back doing mushim with the cane the other day so I will have to be cautious not to aggravate this week! Tonight I would like to thank my wife as an example of excellence. Tamara come from a family of six children. All of them have reached excellence in their own way. I attribute this to the excellent of their parents. Earl and Alma our very talented, hard working, have such high standards, and they have passed this one to their children.
My wife has extremely high standards and she exemplifies these in the way she does everything. Tamara is able to focus on any task at hand. It might be her work as an illustrator, care for our children, or performing martial arts. She never does anything half way. Even when my spirits are down her drive motivates me to focus just a little more energy!
1/24/07 -
Speaking of motivation, although my conditioning has gone well this week and my back is feeling better from doing kimoodo gently over the past few days, my hip pain has come back in full force, and I now it if from kicking. I am going to try back off the power for awhile and see if this helps. My fear is that I will be reduced to no kicking at all! Well I am off to Columbus for lesson 2 with Grandmaster Choi today.
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