5.6 (February 26)

Last weeks Spring Cleaning was something that I've missed doing the past few years, and now that we've started to do it as a school again, I'm seeing all the benefits that come from it. The biggest benefit for me was team building. My group included Toudai Thelwall, Toudai Repay, and my father, we've all known each other on the mats for a while now, but doing this as a group helped us build a bond that we wouldn't have been able to during class time. I think part of the reason that I've struggled to fulfill my requirements the past few years is because I haven't been able to build the same level of bond as easily due to the pandemic. Now that we're back to doing things in public as a team again however, I believe that a whole lot of things are going to come a lot easier for me.

5.5 (February 19)

 About a month ago I injured my shoulder during class. I was holding the bags during the Level II Teen/Adults class and on the very last one I put my arms up a fraction of a second too late and it ended in injury. Over the next few weeks it slowly got better, but it took a lot of effort to not use my shoulder as much. I think it gave me a new perspective on how much I use my shoulders during a form, because as soon as I would put any ‘power’ through it, it would hurt. This is one of the few times where I’d say an injury has been extremely helpful for my Kung Fu.