I guess in some ways last years kick at the I
Ho Chuan could be compared to this game. For me and the many great people I met
on this journey. You ascend up the ladder, feeling good about things and getting
that much closer to your goals. The excitement of looking down at how far you
climbed. Seeing the carnage of all the challenges you have beaten, only to move
ahead farther than you thought you could. Growing into a smooth steady climb and
making all the right turns and avoiding those snakes. Pulling off huge
accomplishments and starting to pick up momentum in your goals and increasing
the numbers in a steady almost tranquil frame of mind. Forms are looking good,
getting in some distance, really starting to become one with your weapon. Push
up reps and sit up reps increasing everyday. Achieving that state of organic
humanity by evolving more and more into your empathy and rolling back to how
things should be by focusing on doing the common good for anyone that is within
your kindness radius. Then an injury occurs, whoosh down you go. A few more
rolls and you discovered something cool in your form. Back up you go. Getting in
good reps and a fairly descent routine. Life came into play and yep, down you
go. But this time your back at the bottom of the board only a few feet from
where you started. So next roll you take a different path, thinking that way
didn't work so lets try with the shorter ladders. Thinking that if you play it
safe you will make it to the end. Confidence is back up so you take a chance and
shoot for that long ladder. Two moves later you drop down half way, then back
up, and down. Pretty soon you have a melt down and toss the board in the air and
punch it in two. Thinking to yourself this is a dumb game anyway and who in
their right mind puts themselves through this mental and physical yo yo of
success and failures. Just to give good measure you give it one last kick and
move on to something you know you can win all the time, every time. Like the
alphabet or counting backwards from a 100. Then you and your brain are becoming
boarder line moosh. You think to yourself I need more, I can't let a challenge
beat me. So you go back and find all those scattered pieces. Dig out that darn
board and duct tape it back together. Find your favourite color and give it to
your most challenging opponent. Life. Find your second favourite color and give
it to your other opponent, training. Take the color you hate the most and roll
with focus. This time you are going to make it to the top because you have an
idea of what to expect and what it is you need to do for recovery. What you
don't know, you take the risk and accept the outcome. Because its the risk
takers that prevail and learn from failing. The challenge becomes the addiction
and losses are another form of challenge not defeat. The balance of it all that
leads to the accomplishment. Being one at the top of your game.
Brian Chervenka
Brian Chervenka
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