Be In Your Own Corner
When you’re a kid and you’re part of something for all your formative years, you never think that anything could keep you from it or that anything will change.
Managing Life and Kung Fu Commitments
We often talk about the sacrifices that have to be made when testing for a high rank at the Academy. Testing at an elite level requires a bare minimum of three classes each week, plus extra training hours outside of the Kwoon to build and maintain fitness.
Kung-Fu is a Hike
Kung Fu is an individual journey, and everybody goes at their own pace. It’s not just a really long race; it’s not a race at all.
Do It Scared
Courage is not the absence of fear but acting in spite of it.
The Success in Failure
Every time you fall, pick yourself up. Build on what you’ve achieved one block, kick, or strike at a time. Sometimes the most rewarding things we do have started out as the most challenging.
Returning from a Kung Fu Vacation
Practice tips to re-establish routine after a vacation away from Kung Fu.