Improvements and Adaptations

I did some more arranging and setting up of the training area I have in the basement this past weekend. I have added some training tools that I feel will help a lot of the areas I need to work on physically. I found a long and heavy length of surgical tubing that I use when throwing kicks. It responds very similar to the bungee chord we use in San Shou class. So this was a cool discovery. I'm pretty excited to have this because I feel it will improve many aspects of my kicks that requires lot's of work and attention.

I found this exercise tool for your improving your grip. You can adjust the spring between 40-95 pounds. I am doing 100 reps per arm @ 50lbs daily. This will develop the smaller muscles around the joints and increase endurance. It will help keep the hands strong when applying hand techniques for solid application and to avoid personal damage. This should also help improve the control and handling of the weapon I chose to train with this year. I want to be 100% confident on this, especially when swinging it around in an accelerated fashion around others and in public. This tool should help.

I am going to install a chin up bar in the near future. I seen some neat exercises with weights that I want to try out. I have also scored some assorted dumbbells that I plan to put to use as well.

I ran another copy of the curriculum and stapled it all on the wall. I had done this previously but took it all down in order to keep one with me. It works really well because it is all spread out in front of you so you can source anything at a glance and make notes quickly. I'm trying to streamline training and time efficiency.

Well that's all I really have for now other than I am working lot's of hours and am struggling with discipline and tracking. I am not using my time very well or getting in the reps I should be. I was approaching a state of being overwhelmed but I have learned to adapt and things are slowly going back to the way they should be. Instead of wasting time and making excuses and accomplishing nothing, I using those same minutes to do something in regards to Kung Fu. If I lose focus on my goals and treat the tools I have been given as hoops instead of tools, I will fail. Period. I have absolutely no intentions of failing my journey again. So I won't. I have put myself in a position this year loaded with options regarding my family and work. If work is interfering with my training I will work under a different schedule, even if it means quitting my current job. Right now I have made a commitment to a person I have a lot of respect for. One of the people that has mentored when I was first starting out and has been a contributing factor to the skillset  I possess today. He specifically hired me to work on a certain project that requires skill. I cannot make a jerk out of him and quit. So I must see this through and adapt accordingly as I have before. However, once my services are depleted, I will move on to a job that will accommodate whatever is required to complete my current Kung Fu journey.
 I have full backing from my family so that's not an issue. So the only thing stopping me, other than work and limited time with my family, is me. See you at the kwoon.