Trying Spinning Kicks

左的胳膊有问题~

Today, I was able to try out many different things for Kung Fu. Instead of doing some normal warm ups and the same forms every day I really pushed myself today so that I could stretch further, kick faster, and do more complicated moves. One move that I tried was two spinning kicks in succession, I don't know what it is called but it would be "外摆腿" to a spinning hook kick. As always, I practiced both sides and realized my skills with spinning kicks really have worsened since my karate days. Note: my "karate days" where around 2-3 years ago.

胳膊都有问题

This weekend I really did follow a pattern with my Kung Fu/Martial arts workouts.

• Warm Up Exercises
• Warm Up Kicks, Push Ups, Jumps, Pull Ups etc
• Kicking Combinations
• Stance Changes/Stance Routines
• Stance Stretching
• Forms
• Sparring Work
• *Playing
• Stretching

 *What I mean by playing is that; since I'm learning new Kung Fu moves that are very different from other martial arts that I've done I'm seeing how to combine what I know with what I'm learning/training now. I create my own combinations, move around, experiment and more with these moves to see how they work in sparring, what I need to improve on and what I think is and isn't functional.

I do feel after these few weeks of training, even a little bit, each day have helped my flexibility and speed but my technique on some basics has been lost that I need to practice and relearn. Its a process but I have my whole life to practice martial arts so one day I'll get there.

胳膊和脚有问题!

Of course, I didn't just practice martial arts this weekend. I also had to go to work on Saturday for overtime and studied a lot of Java this weekend. Slowly but surly I'm figuring out how to make a video game on my own so that I can, one day, create the game that I want to create.

To me I've realized that these things are most important to me:

• Do Martial Arts (Stretching, Forms, Shadowboxing)
• Study Chinese (Vocabulary, Writing, Reading)
• Study Java (Tutorials, Using, Understanding)
• Saving Money (Budgeting, Balancing, Penny Pinching)

These things are constantly on my mind 24/7 and keep my occupied throughout the days. Having a job and living with family members make my days go by fast but having these things on my mind all the time really makes the time fly. Sometimes I think its flying too fast.

How was your guys' weekend?

-Jonah

No music today, just the silence of a quiet house after all have gone to sleep. It feels weird living here and I hope that all this will be worth it as I'm starting to doubt my goal again...