Week 23 Time to reflect

Our UBBT meeting this past week really got me thinking. I have to admit I have been doing well in some things, ok in others and just coasting along  at times as well. When Sifu Brinker said we should be putting about 2.5 hours per day into our Kung Fu, I have to admit my mind went "but how". But upon reflection I realized maybe I can't do that much in one bunch but little packages throughout the day. Even while at work.

I do get my push-ups and sit-ups in each day, for me in the last hour before I go to bed is what is working for me at this time. I get up at between 4:30 and 5:00 each day for work. I make my lunch, have some breakfest then drive 40 minutes to work(longer with construction delays). My morning routine helps me prepare for the day and get ready and organized to set my crew their tasks for the day. I would like to try doing my pushups and situps in the morning but that would mean getting up at 4:00 am roughly.  I have to admitt part of me balks at that idea. But I am going to give it a shot for a week at the end of the month or beginning of July.

I have been focusing so much on my physical status( how I feel, weight I have lost, strength, flexibility) that I don't think I have been as aware of the mental training I have been doing as well and need to do, to grow as a martial artist. Time to get some reading in and to ask more questions in class each day. There are so many great people full of knowledge in the kwoon, I should be accessing that knowledge more readily.

This past week and a bit has been great for achieving my goals that I set a month back. I have gotten all my stripes to be able to test for my orange belt. I'm excited and nervous all at once. I know that the next level is going to be a huge learning curve and challenge. I want to do well and truly absorb as much as I can while still remembering to keep doing the basics I have learned so far. That's the one thing I have to do more of in my training at home. I do the forms alot( love them still, I know crazy), but even just practising slide stepping etc is very important and I have to figure out a good and balanced practise schedule for myself.

Almost half the year has come and gone and I need to rededicate myself to my goals, the Sifus at the Kwoon, the UBBT team and to the journey I began 7 months ago. I can't allow excuses to get in the way of growing as a better human being. So here's looking forward to an amazing second half of the year.