Training frustration
As the New Year kicks into gear, feelings of irritation and frustration come to the fore as kungfu practitioners settle back into daily life post-winter holidays; welcome to the January kungfu blues.
As the New Year kicks into gear, feelings of irritation and frustration come to the fore as kungfu practitioners settle back into daily life post-winter holidays; welcome to the January kungfu blues.
Bruce Lee once said: “A goal is not always meant to be reached; it often serves simply as something to aim at.” Set yourselves goals for your kungfu in 2012, to keep yourselves motivated and training hard. Don’t become despondent if you don’t reach those goals though, and don’t become complacent if you do; keep your goals as moving targets.
We recently held a grading for children and adults up to the level of fourth pattern in Tiger Crane style and second pattern in Yong Tai Tiger Boxing. Overall, the grading was one of the best we have had in some time. Every student, particularly those in the lower grades, did exceptionally well.
People forget that eating the right food is crucial for a successful training regime, and to aid you in achieving your physical goals. You are literally what you eat, so if your thing is sausage rolls, you’re going to get a bit of a muffin top going on, like it or not!
The Ba Duan Jing, or Eight Section Brocade, was created in the Song Chao, or the Song Dynasty, some time between 960 AD to 1279 AD.
Sometimes I look around my kungfu class and play a game; spot the martial artist. This might sound like an odd comment, as surely everyone in a kungfu class would be a budding martial artist, wouldn’t they? Well, no.
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