Bootcamp

You wake up, every muscle in your body aches, you are bruised, covered in mosquito bites and can barely move. Sound like a bad morning? Heck no! It's the morning after the best day ever! I attended my very first bootcamp and honestly was extremely nervous and didn't think I'd even manage to survive the first half of the day. Guess what...I did! I didn't even care that I was the last one to finish the 2k run, I was just happy I finished. I've never even ran 2 kms before, okay, I'm going to be honest here, I don't run, period. People kept telling me that it was going to be one of the best things I'd ever do and that I'd feel so good after. I looked at them like they were crazy and needed some crazy pills, who in their right mind would do this?! But, they were right. You have a strength you don't even know exists until you do something like bootcamp. Don't believe me either? Thinking that I've been brainwashed by before mentioned crazy people? Well, I'm not kidding you and if you read my blog, you would know I don't poop rainbows and kittens, I'm a tell it like it is kind of person. That being said You MUST TRY BOOTCAMP! Things I learned; I love Wing Chung. Be cautious of tiny girls with fans. I don't very much like hitting trees. I really need to practice my combinations. I really need to work on my horsestance. I CAN do a hip throw. I CAN survive a bootcamp. I like walking meditation. I can keep going...All the seminars were awesome and the support from the Sifus and other students was fantastic! Sorry I missed class Sifu Lindstrom, I spent yesterday relearning how to walk. :) See you all next year!

Cats VS Humans

Anyone who knows me knows I like my pets better than most humans. In fact, I could probably live on an island with a bunch of animals and be perfectly happy. I don't understand the human race all that much. Why people are so mean to each other, why people backstab each other, why people judge each other so harshly and why people abuse each other and other living creatures. Why can't we co exist without these things. Animals are just as important as people in my mind, so is the earth. No-one even seems to go out anymore without sticking their noses in a smart phone and ignoring whats going on around them. I get so frustrated being human sometimes. I guess the only thing you can do is try to be kind, try to listen without judgement and try not to get caught up in hurtful gossip and lead by example. Hard to do sometimes when some jackass slams into you, spills your coffee all over you and doesn't even utter a sorry. Sigh...How much is an island?

Missed Class

I missed class this week. I wasn't feeling well and was in bed by 8 every night. Feeling a bit better so I will be at Dragon Dance practice tonight to watch Team 1 practice. I learn alot by watching so I'm sure I'll pick up on some things I didn't grasp last practice.

Zombie Leg

Well, Dragon Dance practice was not what I expected. It was fun though. I definitely know who I have to be nice to now so I don't get dropped on my face. I need alot of practice, I don't have the strength and stamina yet to keep up. I'm going to attend as many practices as possible so I can fill in where needed to start working on that. I can tell you there was not one muscle in my legs that didn't hurt yesterday, the left one especially, I spent the day with that one dragging behind me uselessly like a zombie. Probably would've been a good time to practice projection stepping. Have a good week, I'm going to make friends with some ibuprophen and A5-35.

Dragon Dance

I'm excited and nervous to start dragon dance.  I'm excited to be able to do things with the team again but nervous because I'm the most out of shape out of everyone.  It's embarrassing, but I guess I won't get any better unless I do it.  I'm happy about the decision to start practicing now, it gives me time to develop some endurance and the scheduling works for me so there's no excuses for me not to attend.  Hopefully we can start on our New Years banquet demo now too.      

Roadtrip

Well, as most roadtrips go, any sort of healthy eating completely fell off the wagon.  Stopping at fast food restaurants with my family and loading up on snack food took its toll.  My iron stomach definitely doesn't accept these things as it did 6 months ago.  I can't believe this stuff used to be a majority of my diet.  We got back into Edmonton around 7:30ish Sunday night and Josh and I went to BPs to get something to eat before going home.  I looked at him and said "I'm craving a salad"...I never in a billion years would have imagined those words coming out of my mouth.  What's even more astonishing is that I chose a salad over bacon wrapped steak...Who knew that would happen?!

I haven't yet watched the demo but I know how hard you've all been working and I know everyone did awesome.  I'm hoping to be able to watch it later today.  Good job Sifu Wetter!