Aviva's Blog

 I have made a ton of progress with my beta form and have been extremally proud of it. But when I look around the room at people who have been doing this for many years saying, "we are running out of time" or, "we have a lot more work to do on the beta form." Personally I felt good with where I am now, what is making me stressed is the people around me that have been doing this for a long time getting worried.  What if it needs to be longer? What if it doesn't look good? Maybe I'm not as prepared as I thought I was?  My questions for you are: How long should the form be? How did you feel the first time you made a form? Do you have any suggestions for me approaching my beta form?

For my hand form this year I chose a school form that I have been doing my whole life, Da mu hsing. I chose it for many reasons, some being that I never learnt 5, others being that we haven't focused much in class on it. But the main reason was that it was my least favorite form. After I chose it I deeply regretted it, but that doesn't matter I couldn't go back, I would just have to live with it or change my perspective. At the start I just let it be because it was to much effort, instead I was just doing it for my numbers, not going any deeper then surface level.  One day after class I was watching people do their forms, and the way they did it was mesmerizing. it inspired me to make my form a better bit by bit so maybe one day I could feel that way about me. I was focusing on the first one and started asking people to watch and critique my form.  Now my favorite form is the first Da mu hsing. All I have to do is do it again 4 more times.

 In school we have been learning about biodiversity. In particular adaptation within animals and how only the ones that change to fit their circumstances survive. At the moment when I think of how I'm doing with my kung fu the word adaptability also comes to mind. I have been struggling with moving over to WhatsApp and have yet adapted to the way everything is being run. I need to push through the hard part (change) in order to reach success. This blog is my first step.