Last Night!

Wow, was that ever a rush. I don't know if anyone noticed, but I was really hyper last night. How could I not be with all the excitement in the place?? There was a tangible buzz in the air that was like walking into a malfunctioning power plant; hair standing on end and sparks snapping between everyone's fingertips. The energy was unreal! 
The performances by our 5 new Sifus were Awesome (notice the capital "a") and, coupled with the metal they blasted over the speakers, I was literally vibrating in my seat while watching. Congrats again, Sifus!
I think my personal favorite part of the night was leading the dragon for our dance. After our months of practice and hard work, I'm really glad that I didn't do anything stupid or forget anything. I don't think that dance could have gone any better. I'm sure everyone on the team could feel me speed up a little bit as I got more and more excited up on the stage. Luckily nobody slipped on those greased up mats. Big fist-bump to the dragon dance team. We rock!
Also congratulations to all the kids in the Little Leopard, Tiny Tiger and Black Dragon classes for an awesome effort on stage! You all put on a great show and your hard work shows. It takes a lot of courage to get up on stage and show hundreds of people your skills so give yourselves a huge pat on the back plus 20 pushups just for fun.
A big thank-you to Sihing Jerky(sp?) for organizing our roles for setup and takedown of the hall on kwoontalk and to everyone else, Sifus, Sihings and other belts, for helping out wherever you could and to those I voluntold to do things as well (especially the kid-wranglers in the basement, all fully capable of herding butterflies).
I can't wait until next year's! But I'm not going to lie, as I watched our old Sihings become new Sifus I was a little envious. But I'll be on that stage next time. I've put it off too long and am working hard to be with the next freshly minted batch of black belts. 
Happy Year of the Dragon everyone!

Jon Robinson