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In tonight's class I learned another really important lesson about our forms: that there isn't always an application ( which means there are countless applications)    Sometimes there is a sequence or a technique that feels a bit strange, or is hard to visualize an opponent for, hard to envision a strike zone, or what you would be blocking and I realized tonight that sometimes they are designed that way. Another tool. another way our forms can teach us a different sort of lesson. Instead of thinking about how/why you're doing something, it is allowed to be a pure motion, which forces you to think about how you're moving rather than how you think you should be moving . Since you are teaching your body what feels powerful in the absence of any context, that allows you to bring that feeling/understanding into several contexts. So instead of just training how to move for one specific scenario sweep and take down their guards, continue the circle of energy, strike bridge ...

There were so many fantastic lessons in tonight's blackbelt class! I wrote a blog because I wanted to archive some of the ideas from the lesson, and I wanted to try to digest them properly in a written format. However given the instructions that some of what we talked about was for blackbelt ears only, I will be keeping the blog as an unpublished draft, and this one will serve as it's stand-in as to not mess up numbers. Current Total Should Be At Push-ups 13175 20211 Sit-Ups 11379 20211 Hand Form 136 374 Weapon Form 161 374 Other Forms 130 131 Sparring 283 374 AOK 260 374 Steps 1030 580 Repair Relationship 2 5 Me and White Supremacy 6 9 12 Applications 0 5 1-on-1's 12 19 Kung Fu Art 0 5 Blogs 15 19

I did my first ever lion dance performance as the opener for the tiger challenge. The benches:  packed , my pants:  on , my nerves:  at an all time high . But the dance went as smoothly as I could have hoped for with less than an hour total of practice time beforehand, and there were no significant goof-ups (unless you count my lettuce throw coming out in a single giant clump -> definitely need to practice that some more) It was a blast and I feel so lucky that I was able to perform a dance as it's something I've wanted to try for a while now. I want to work on becoming more familiar with animating the lion as I found my hands were moving around quite frantically trying to find the string to blink the eyes, or pull the mouth back at times, and I really want to work on making my dance overall, look more dynamic and sharp making the movements more explosive and precise but I suppose that will all come with practice.  The second lion dance I did after the parade last...