Aviva's Blog

One of the coolest things about the IHC is watching grow more comfortable with their weapons. At first everyone is just experiment with their new weapons, trying new moves and just getting a feel for it. At first, it’s all awkward movements and missed strikes, but over time, you can see them start to make it their own. Making a weapon form is about self-expression and learning how to move in a way that feels natural to you, while still having proper techniques.  I'm still getting comfortable with my weapon. It's different then ones I have used in the past, that's part of the reason I chose it. I'm really excided to see how my forms come together. Push ups 530 Sit ups 530 Hand forms 25 Weapon forms 10 Sparring 10 Km 78 Art 780

 Hello!  My name is Aviva Csillag. I have been doing kung fu for 13 years and this is my 3rd year of participating in the I Ho Chuan. This year my weapon is the horse chopping blade, and my hand form is Mlong Kuen. One of my personal requirements is to do more art. This is because art is something that I do for myself that I enjoy, but I tend to not set time away for it. So I'm hoping that this will force me to set time for myself. One of my struggles is blogging, I often don't want to say the wrong thing so instead I say nothing. I'm excited for this new year!

     Over the break I have been practicing my forms by myself a lot and I have felt a lot of improvement. I feel my stamina getting better and the techniques that I am doing improve. This week I met up with Todai Raw to work on our 5 techniques and while we were there we worked on some of our forms together. Practicing with others is usually way better than practicing alone for me. When I'm with others, I get different ideas and feedback that helps me improve faster. And having people around keeps you motivated and makes you feel more accountable, so I'm less likely to slack off. While working with him I remembered a lot of things that we had previously discussed in class and I was able to bring it home and reapply it. 8,720 Push Ups  9,950 Sit Ups  1,090 Ks  1,163 Hand Form  1,197 Weapon  774   Sparring  1,834 Japanese  13,345 Reading Favorite word: Plethora: A large or excessive amount of something.

I really enjoyed this weekend. I got a lot done and was very productive. I worked a lot on my kung fu as well as my schoolwork. I also took care of myself by doing things I enjoy like art and cooking. Although it was really busy and I did a lot of things it made me feel rejuvenated and ready for this week. I have a low attention span so when I get bored of something, I usually just go on my phone. But this weekend every time I got bored of something I did something else productive like if I was practising my kung fu and I got bored I started writing my essay And if I got bored of that, I did some drawing so the whole day I was being productive, but it didn’t feel like I was working the whole day.  Favourite word:  Vehemently: in a forceful, passionate, or intense manner My numbers:  8,340 Push Ups 9,570 Sit Ups 1,029 Ks 1,106 Hand Form 1,140 Weapon 749 Sparring 1,796 Japanese 13,105 Reading

 On Sunday I went the red apple for the kinsmen toy drive and It was great. There were so many people willing to donate and that seemed interested in it. We got so many donations. One person stood out to me in particular. It was a man that came in to check his lotto ticket, we were right next to the lotto thing so he looked over and started asking questions. We explained the ways that you could donate. And then he went off into the store. 15 or 20 minutes passed so we assumed that he had left already and we just didn't see h im. Then he went to check out and the only thing he got was a toy to donate.  I think that this person stood out for me the most because he went out of his way to go look for a toy to donate even though he wasn't planning to buy anything before. 7,950 Push Ups 9,180 Sit Ups 997           Ks 1,046 Hand Form 1,090 Weapon 729           Sparring 1,749 Japanese 12,745 Reading Favorite w...

Me and my lion building team worked on our line after class tonight. I had a lot of fun working with them. Though it seemed like we did more laughing than lion building. I believe that it was extremely good for me. Sometimes it seems like it would be easier to do it on your own, and in some cases it is, but I think that doing it by yourself, stops you from experiencing things you would have if you did it with other people. I’m very happy that I got to work with my group and that they joked with me. 7,740 Push Ups 8,970 Sit Ups 981 Ks 1,026 Hand Form 1,072 Weapon 689 Sparring 1,728 Japanese 12,625     Reading Favourite word this week:  Conviction: firmly held belief or opinion.