Backwards This Whole Time

The Year of the Dragon has had a bit of a shaky start for me so far. Things are moving along well enough and a lot of my routine is still intact from last year, but I was so focused on the wrap up of the Year of the Rabbit that I think I forgot to set things in place so that I could continue that success and momentum into this year. That said, some things are starting to come together, my new weapon finally came in today so now I can make some real progress on my beta form, and I started setting up my 1-on-1's in advance which means I can spend less time trying to schedule them, and more time thinking about what I want to discuss during them which is way more beneficial for my training. 

On the topic of 1-on-1's,

I had this weird shift in my training that happened somewhere in the middle of last year, I found I wasn't filling my journal as rapidly as I used to, I starting asking less questions in class, and I stopped asking questions about my kung fu (why I'm moving the way I am? where is my power coming from? ect) and I chalked it up to the fact that my new job meant less time and less energy to put towards my kung fu; less time spent training outside of class. But since having a few 1-on-1's already I can feel my brain returning to those patterns of seeking out questions, of connecting ideas, of writing things down, and I'm realizing I had it backwards this whole time! It wasn't that I didn't have questions because I wasn't training, it's that I had no questions so I wasn't training. Nothing motivates me to do kung fu more than when I have something to work on, or an idea to test out because I want to understand it, I want to make it mine. Having an outlet where I can ask those sorts of questions and have those sorts of discussions is creating an expectation that I'll generate questions, so I end up training, and thinking, and listening to my kung fu again so that I can actually ask those sorts of questions again. 

A few weeks ago we talked about accountability, and I think these regular 1-on-1's this will be a great tool to keep me accountable in the Year of the Dragon.

Current TotalShould Be At
Push-ups33523703
Sit-Ups29403703
Hand Form1369
Weapon Form469
Other Forms724
Sparring1369
AOK5069
Steps264106
Repair Relationship01
Me and White Supremacy02
12 Applications01
1-on-1's33
Kung Fu Art01

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