UBBT: On It

Whoops, I dropped the ball a bit with my blogging. But, no worries. I picked it up.


So, what has happened that’s noteworthy…

Sparring at the Ging Wu in Edmonton. Just like last year, it was a riot. Learned some specifics about San Shou rules in competition, tried a few new takedowns and (my favourite) got a chance to spar some people that I don’t spar every day. While it was a “light” contact seminar, there were still a few people with some bruised ribs and the wind knocked out of them. The guys at the Ging Wu are very quick and really fun to spar. I had a lot of fun, to say the least.

Our school tournament is coming up as well. This year I’m not only competing in it, but helping to make things run smoother as much as I can, mainly with the kids’ competitions, but with the rest if I’m needed. It’s always exciting to compete against the rest of the school, especially since the Onoway branch of Silent River comes out as well and we rarely get a chance to mix it up.

What else? I’ve been working on my forms more and the more I do, the more I realize that everything I do is wrong. Luckily, it’s not all bad, and I can fix it. I have many new insights into how the form actually works that I didn’t catch the first time around. All of the subtleties are being made clear and the connections to the 6 harmonies are making more sense.

I’m going to have to make a few extra blog posts to make up for the ones that I have missed in the last week. I know that doesn’t technically make up for missing, but it’s a good step I think.

Jonathan Robinson

www.SilentRiverKungFu.com

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada