Time For Meditation? 108 Luk Dim Poon Kwan Forms

Kingsley's meditation was superb this day

A quick time for meditation?  With the start of the new year, this might be a good thing to try. Take a moment, maybe while playing siu nim tao, or maybe just lay down on the floor.  Slow down your breathing, clear your mind, relax, and let the stress melt away.

Then ask your self what your new year's resolution is. Be very specific and honest with yourself. Is this something you can accomplish? If so, then how? What will you do, how will you prepare, where will you be, what will you look like? Visualize everything from the preparation, the execution, to the completion. Imagine all the steps as you plan to do them.  Completing your goal should be something you can already feel and taste if you have done this exercise correctly.   Setting a goal and completing that goal can be very rewarding. It can also be motivating towards setting future goals.

 We kept this in mind during this morning's workout. Our workout today consisted of completing 108 luk dim poon kwan pole forms with our heavy quan dim wood poles that are 9' long and 6+lbs.  It took about 3 hours to complete 108 good, clean forms but we completed the challenge and it's now that much harder to let any Kung Fu training defeat us.

 Performing challenges such as 1 hour long siu nim tao, 10,000-20,000 punches, 108 forms non-stop, etc. will not only affect your physical training but it will really boost your mental game. If you can defeat your inner wuss and complete these challenges, no matter how badly your mind wants you to quit, what can defeat you in your training? You have challenged yourself against the worst you could come up with and still come out alive.

--Vyvial Sifu
we are all alone in this together

Also, I would like to welcome 4 new people to start today at the Moy Yat Kung Fu Academy in Austin: Joshua, Rhian,  Don,  and Cesar. These guys are off to a great start for 2012!

Some footage we shot today during class