Memorizing vs Understanding
As we progress through new ranks, we learn new forms, sequences, and techniques. Memorization of these movements becomes easier with enough repetition, but that does not always mean they are fully understood.
The Journey of 999 Miles (Fall 2006, Revisited)
There’s no way we can suddenly take a dozen steps at a time. We can’t skip past any part of our training; we have to do the work.
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.