It’s the same thing every time exams roll around. I study, I study and I feel like if I am not trying to study that I’m being a bad student. I basically guilt myself into focusing solely on my studies and not on anything else, including my kung fu. Today was different. I wrote one exam, drove to kung fu and stayed for all of the classes, pretty much 4 hours of kung fu whether I was participating, helping someone out or watching. I ran two warm-ups, with one of them a tag-team between me and Craig. He was in the back of the room, I was in the front. We’d pass the class back and forth by doing 180 degree jumps from horse stance. I worked hard today. The best part is it was sparring class in ALL of the classes! Bonus! Sparred a bunch of people I almost never spar and some that I haven’t sparred until tonight! Sparred some people with really good blocking, awesome aggression and just wicked fighting spirit for everyone there too. I arrived at Kung Fu a little down in the dumps and lethargic and I left feeling so pumped up and vibrating from the good energy. This just slaps me in the face with a reminder that I can’t neglect one part of my well-being for another as they are all connected. It’s simple, and I sometimes think I understand, but it takes a wicked class like today’s to really drive it in deep. Total, a handful of forms, couple handfuls of sparring and about 270 push/situps in that time. Wee!
Jonathan Robinson
www.silentriverKungfu.com
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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