Revelation

I think I have finally realized why Kung Fu has been such a struggle for me. I was practicing combinations this morning and I was able to look at some of my punches in the mirror and what I noticed is that my whole body is turning. My punch is straight but my hips are pointed to the left.

Little things like this plague me at every turn but what I never thought about before now is that I am literally having to retrain my entire body. My center, my posture, my balance; almost everything I do needs to be retrained. This is not a quick or easy process. It's not easy to break 39 years of habits.

I guess the first step to correcting a problem is identifying the problem in the first place. That's the easy part. But at least I can try to stop beating my self up for not progressing. It's not that I'm a slow learner, it's that I'm an older student that has more years of bad habits to break and the only way I'm going to do that is consistent practice and a positive attitude.

Cory Smid
http://kungfucory.blogspot.ca/