2.39

 I find that writing without a prompt to write off of to be very difficult. In most cases, I don't have anything in my mind that I want to write down. Sometimes it can take awhile for something to formulate in my head. This is kind of like intent in Kung Fu. Once you find it, it can be somewhat difficult to understand or apply. It can get more difficult when you find your intent once and then try to find it again, only to find that it has changed and you have to essentially start over again. This just seems to be the case with me every once and awhile.

2.38

 This is my second post this week, and it will be the longer one of the two. 

It's already been about a month and a half since school started, but it barely feels like two weeks have passed. I have been in class for the whole time, but I have talked to some who have been doing the online version and they are saying that it's more difficult then in person. My classes may not be the best examples for normal as I'm in Japanese and Fabrication, but they're still an example of the difference between in person learning and online learning. I'm glad that my school is taking this seriously, as they  are making sure that we are wearing masks at all times and they are doing their best to keep us socially distanced. These next few months will be interesting with the flu season, as it will be difficult to tell between the flu and covid. Hopefully none of us catch either. 

2.37/5

I missed my weekly blog post last week, and because of that I will do my best to write two this week. I could give a lot of excuses of why I missed it but in the end that's all they are, excuses. This post will be just like a little pit-stop for the other one. I can say that I definitely felt out of routine when I didn't post last week. 

2.36

Knowing your intent can be what makes your techniques but it can also be what breaks it. If you know what your intent behind a techniques is, then you know your reason for doing. If you don't know your intent, then you're just practicing the technique mindlessly. Practicing techniques without knowing your intent isn't always a bad thing. In most cases, if you don't know your intent then you are trying to find it. Sometimes knowing your intent can work against you. This usually doesn't happen with techniques in Kung Fu but rather it happens in the outside world. Let's say that you're trying to write a blog on a specific topic. Your intent is to write a blog on that topic, but along the way you find other things to write about. You start writing about that without realizing it and eventually you realize that you didn't even come close to finishing what your intent was. This isn't completely a bad thing, it just shows how intent can be the opposite of what you want it to be.

2.35

This Saturday was the last one before Black Belt grading. Since it was the last one, we decided to do a miniature scale fitness test. The fitness test is exactly what I expected, it's difficult. Doing the kicks weren't nearly as tiring as I thought they would be, but that could also be because of the breaks we took in between. Only part we didn't do was the 2 kilometre run, mostly due to the smoke outside. It was nice to see what I'm basically up against on the 26th. I just have to keep training until I earn my Black Belt and then keep training.

2.34

Having open training this past Saturday for the first time in several months felt really great. Being able to be on the mats and practice any part of Kung Fu that I want to practice has helped me get back into full gear with my training. Yes, I could do almost everything outside of the kwoon, but doing the techniques, combinations, and forms inside that kwoon feels more natural than doing them at other places. And with grading day less than two weeks away, I need all the time I can get to train.

2.33

September is here and grading day is closing in. My nerves are definitely high but so is my training. It feels like studying last minute for a unit exam in school. Now that I think about it, grading day is the unit exam for Kung Fu. Everything that I've ever learned will be applied on those 4 days. I don't have much else to say, just that I need to keep training for as long as I can.