Don't be fooled by the picture. I posed for this one. I didn't actually do pushups on my holiday. I know I should have, but it was 40 degrees in the desert and not a lot of fun doing pushups in that kind of weather. We did however do a few hikes and that was quite a feat in itself. Everywhere we went we carried water. A lot of water. Even when we weren't thirsty, we had to drink to stop from getting dehydrated. Anyway, back to the pushups. I didn't do any, nor did I do any situps or anything else to do with my requirements. These past 4 days of being home I haven't done much either. I did manage to do bit, but not a lot. I was starting to feel like I was getting tired of doing all these requirements. Sifu Brinker was right. When you stop, even for a short while, it is so hard to get back into it. I had to really push myself to get to my classes tonight too. But I did, and I was real glad I did. I left classes tonight feeling like I had been given a kick in the pants. A nice one. Kind of like a boost of energy and renewed get-up-and-go. They were both great classes. I especially liked being able to work with my weapon outside. As far as that goes too, I was feeling like I didn't know where to go with my rope dart. Master Brinker had told me I needed to add some kind of stances with my moves. I couldn't for the life of me figure out how. I tried to vision it, but couldn't. So I just didn't try. Then tonight, I had to work at it in class. I was so surprised how easy it was to figure it out. I just needed to get out there and work with the dart. To physically throw it around and see what I could do. I also got some pointers about how to make my moves look smoother, and faster. Working on getting fast, smoother, and adding some stances has made a big difference to my form. With continued practice, I think I can make it look pretty good. I am excited about that! So a lessen learned. Don't take a break. Even when it is really hard, just try to always move forward. Never backwards, and never stagnant. While on holidays, we stopped in Santa Monica on our last day. We visited the Pier and then wandered down 3rd street, which was closed off to traffic and had lots of shops and street performers. On our way to 3rd street, we stopped at a street light. It was at this stop that I saw the most coolest thing. Two young guys, looking all fit and studdly like. They stopped at the corner with us, and while one of the guys got out his camera to take a picture, the other guy got down on the sidewalk, and started to do pushups. My friend and I got this huge smile on our faces and turned to look at each other. We both thought the very same thing. UBBT?? I was dying to ask them and find out why they were doing pushups, but lacked the courage to ask. So all holidays over and it's time to get serious again. Real serious and catch up for lost time.