START!

Not a good start to my blogging... I wrote this yesterday but forgot to double post it to both my blog (new blog, by the way: Umpteen Monkeys Typing ) and the I Ho Chuan Team Blog. Here it is now!

THIS (look below) is how I am spending the next year. I've been Sihing Robinson long enough and I'm getting my blackbelt at the end of this year. This is part of how I'll get to that point in my Kung Fu. Of course, this is only one part of my plan for the year (a major part, but not the most important from my point of view). The other part is moving to the West end of Edmonton. I have figured out that I don't do well when away from the positive influence of the Kwoon and moving to the West from downtown will enable me to be there a lot more. I'm thinking it'll help. See you all Friday!

Jonathan Robinson -- I Ho Chuan requirements 2012

·      No Quitting

·      Weekly Blog

·      Maintain online presence, linked with SRKF I Ho Chuan group and blog

·      0 unexcused absences from I Ho Chuan classes or meetings

·      Excel with core curriculum

·      Prepare for and Complete grading day

·      Log 50,000 push/sit-ups

·      Master 2 forms with minimum 1000 repetitions

o   Lao Gar and Tonfa

·      Log 1000 rounds of sparring

·      1609 Kilometers of running, walking, biking, etc…

·      Record 1000 acts of kindness

·      Qualify for and perform 3 public performances

·      Learn to lion dance

·      Compete in Tiger Challenge

·      Complete a public 4 board break

·      Mend a damaged relationship

·      Organize, lead and participate in SRKF projects

·      Memorize Mastery by Stuart Emery

·      As a team

o   Organize and lead SRKF’s Adopt-A-Driveway Program.

o   Organize and lead SRKF’s Annual Kwoon Maintenance Project.

o   Organize and lead the school to raise $20,000 for SRBF’s Pandamonium fundraiser.

o   Be active participants in all school projects and initiatives.

·      Personal requirements

o   Start teaching professionally, either as a sub or in a class.

o   Learn and master 5 aerial acrobatic techniques

o   Volunteer with a school or public aid program of some kind

o   Become more fluent in Chinese by putting myself in an environment where I will have the opportunity to use it

o   Hike the West Coast Trail

o   Prepare and cook 12 dishes of another ethnicity

o   Eat no candy

o   Stretch a total of 7000 minutes

o   Spend a few hours each week with family

o   Take a course on budgeting and investing of money. Cut current debt to 0$

o   Improve on my planning and organization of Black Dragon program

Jon Robinson