I don't have much to say for this week, but will provide a quick update. This week has been an interesting week, to say the least. Concerning Kung Fu, it has been a week of regaining lost ground and recovering. My elbow has recovered, and I'm working to regain lost ground in regards to the numbers. Concerning some of the numbers, I am behind. However, I'm concerned mainly with maintaining continuous forward momentum, and realize development at times will be very slow at times. I see personal development as a sinusoidal wave...in your journey forward, you will have highs, and you will have low points. With the numbers, I'm not terribly worried, as long as I'm progressing forward. I want my journey in the I Ho Chuan to be me developing a sharper focus and motivation in my martial arts training and powerlifting, and to develop my intellectual, emotional, and spiritual sense. The numbers are a guide and a quantitative way to keep focused, not the end itself, so to speak. If you have x amount of forms to do, are you doing the forms purely to satisfy the numerical requirement, or are you trying to perfect your forms? Are you mindlessly repping each form out, or are you mindful of the technical and artistic beauty inherent within each form?
Concerning my last blog post, I've been able to regroup and consolidate, and now know the path that I'm on. In addition to that, I'm on the start of an additional journey which will be interesting, to say the least. I'm nervous to see where it goes.
Other than that....not much else to say.
Sifu Joe Harrigan
Bob Proctor always says that if something doesn't scare the pants off of you, you're not in the right place.
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