This week Sifu Playter asked us to set some goals for ourselves and show them to a Sifu that would act as a mentor to us. I set the goal of achieveing my orange belt the month of June. Now I will admitt this will take some doing as I still need my Blue, Green and Red stripes. I have been asking more and more about what it is each Sifu thinks I need to work on to progress and this is really helping me work on bettering my Kung Fu. Even being told I did one thing well and that another was close but could be improved with certain things like keeping my shoulders down and relaxed. Or working on getting my center more down into my hips really helps me. I find at times that I think I'm doing a technigue fairly well but because I dont have the knowledge base and cant see myself as I do some that technique. That I may not be doing it as well as I should or could be.
I am trying to take one thing from each class and really work on it for the next class and ask the Sifu's present if I am improving. That way I know the practise I'm doing at home is working and positive in nature. I dont expect perfection( is there such a thing). I just want improvement and a better understanding of what and how I do things. I'm trying to be more aware of my total body as opposed to just the part of my body thats blocking or punching.
Lots of work to go but I feel I making progress and that is very encouraging.
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