3.20

 On Friday I finished Grade 10, and I now have the next two months to boost my amount and quality of training. This is an opportunity I've had for all of my life, but I haven't taken advantage of them like I plan on doing for this Summer and as many Summers in the future as I can. One of the things I'm looking forward to the most about this time is getting to work on my Sword form for long periods of time. Right now, my form is about half as long as I want it to be, so being able to work on it for hours on end will help me be able to figure out more techniques and combinations that work well and fit what I want to do.

3.19

This past week of classes being back in the kwoon was a good reminder for me about what will be coming in the future, which is the worry about Covid becoming less and less. I hope to see this happen sooner rather than later, but with the rate of restrictions being removed I think we might have to see another short shutdown before then. I hope not, but I think it's likely. I'll still wear my mask for a bit after the mandate is lifted, because I'd rather not take the chance of catching anything and spreading it to other people. This shouldn't affect my training too much, as most of my training is at home and with my family, and no restrictions would change that. 

3.18

Within the next two weeks, I will have finished my first year in high school. That sounds weird to say, since I'm usually the youngest one in the group outside of school. and since the school year is about to be over, I will soon be able to divert all of my time onto Kung Fu, and I'll be able to spend the same amount of time on something, but I can cover more topics now with the extra time. This will be really helpful for my training, and also my fitness. I'm looking forward to being able to spend as much time during the day as i want doing Kung Fu.

3.17

For the past bit I have diverted almost all of my attention onto just my technique, because I have found that I am lacking in quality on several techniques. This is has been the most obvious in my Roundhouse kicks, where I found that my kicks were very sloppy and were more of a Dragons Whip. To improve on this I have slowed my kicks down a bit, allowing me to focus more on the technique and less on speed/power. Once I get my technique back to where it needs to be I'll start to focus on those too more, but until then I'll keep adjusting my kick until it's perfect. 

3.15

 Today I got my first dose of the vaccine, and I am feeling good! I only got the shot a few hours ago so most major side effects will probably come in the following days, if what my friends say is true. I'm glad that I was able to get my shot when I could, because I don't know long I would've had to wait to find another opening. This is also good timing because of of school, which goes back to in person on Tuesday, but now that almost everyone has one shot of the vaccine it should be a little bit safer. I am looking forward to seeing how my body reacts to the vaccine, if I have any major side effects at all.

3.14

    This upcoming week will be my last before I get my first round of vaccinations. It's coming a lot sooner than I expected, because of my age. I'm not complaining though, as I want to get mine as soon as possible. Another good thing is that I get our of isolation on Friday, so I'll be able to go back into the outside world very soon. 

    This morning we did our mock version of the kicks portion of the Black belt Fitness test as we usually do on Sunday's but this time we had Three Sifu's watch us and give us feedback. This is going to help a lot, as we now have a better idea of what to work on. I need to work on my stances and pivoting during a roundhouse, so that's what I'll focus on for the next week and a bit.

3.13.5 "Positively Negative"

 A bit of a mid-week update for this one. I tested on Monday, and test results came back on Tuesday. I tested negative! This was a relief, but I'm not free yet. AHS recommends that I continue to quarantine for 14 days from last contact just incase I do develop symptoms. This sucks, but it makes sense. Guess I'll miss grocery shopping with my parents again this week. Either way, testing negative is good news, and I should be able to be back in public by the 20th.