Tiger Challenge Preparation

As the tiger challenge gets closer I am practicing more and more in preparation. I have only now realized how much of a tool it actually is. I have been in almost all of the tiger challenges in my kung fu life time. I have always though about it as something you do, just the one day. the last couple of years I have started practicing in advance but I wasn't doing it for me but instead the people around me.

The last couple of weeks I have though a lot about what the tiger challenge is, and what I want to get out of it. I don't think its something that you need to be stressed about. its a tool to have something to work to when we start to have the slope in our productivity. As long as there is progress I will be happy because this is not the end. The end is not when I get my black belt. They are goals to push me forward. there is no end. If you thing you have reached the end you have only hit the bottom.


3,260 Push Ups
4,080 Sit Ups
293     Ks
463         Hand Form
468         Weapon
320     Sparring
633         Japanese
4,655 Reading

Favorite word this week: 
Tangible: Perceptible by touch

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Progress

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.
Read more

Good and Bad

One Good and One Bad thing about myself. It is very hard to think of my good qualities because I don't want to be arrogant. I do think I am smart - I say that because I do good at school. I work hard to understand. Pushing myself even when I dont want to. Trying to do my best. If I do not understand something I practice and ask for help. I don't think I am kind. I feel like I am sometimes, but when I'm not constently thinking about it I'm not. I'm mean even when I have the option to be nice. I think I need to focus more and be conscious about being nice. I know I can be. But a lot of the time I am not. 850 Push Ups 1,050 Sit Ups 93 Ks 164 Hand Form 60 Weapon 9 parring Favorite word I learned this week: Apoplectic : Overcome with anger; extremely indignant
Read more

Overwhelmed

Every time I think about all the things I have to do for my grading year, I start thinking of all the things I still need to do and the time is just running out. It's particualary hard to think of my 5 techniques. When I see a punch coming I freeze (I know this is really bad), so every time I try to protect myself I just get really overwhelmed and go down a rabbit hole. I would keep telling myself "if every thing keeps going at this pace I am going to get no where." So every time I try to practice my 5 techniques I end up having a break down. When people try to help me I end up hurting them when I don't mean to and that just makes me spiral even more. I am so grateful for the people that stayed with me and helped me and pushed me even when I told them to go away. At this point I have 2 techniques 1,380 Push Ups 1,610 Sit Ups 109 Ks 194 Hand Form 150 Weapon 20 Sparring Favorite word I learned this week: Trepidation : A feeling of fear or agitation about somethin...
Read more