A little over two months ago, I started at Tirecraft. Ever since then, I have noticed the small ways that Kung Fu has impacted me more than I have ever noticed before. I knew that Kung Fu had mental benefits along with the physical benefits, but now that I'm in a new environment with new challenges, it is actually being put to the test. The most prominent example is surprisingly the palm heel strike. Being in this part of the country, vehicles rust fairly easily, and that is amplified a ton in the wheels, as they constantly get pelted with everything from the road. This causes most of the vehicles that come in to have wheels that are nearly rusted to the vehicle. Most of the guys in the shop will automatically for a rubber sledge hammer to knock it loose, which is overkill 90% of the time. One of my favourite techniques to break boards is the palm heel strike, so I knew that I had proper alignment to not injure myself, but also enough power behind it to skip the hammer as much as I can. I also find myself using a modified horse stance a lot. When I get ready to put a wheel back on a vehicle, I get it onto the hoist by rolling it up my leg and then boosting it up to the hoist. Once it's on the hoist, I'll get into a taller horse stance so I can then lift it from the hoist onto the axle of the vehicle. It helps lower my center which ends up getting my power zone to the level of the hoist, which helps a lot with lifting wheels from there. I find the mental part is mostly in work ethic, and how I will do what I need to do to get a good result. This is absolutely something that I got from Kung Fu, and it is a trait that has helped me progress far beyond what others have expected of me at work, and I've even surprised myself with the progress I've made in my position in the amount of time I've been there.
Awesome!!
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