Yesterday as we were arriving for the Ih Ho Chuan meeting, I was hit with a huge feeling of Imposter Syndrome. Why was I here? What was the point? I’m not keeping up with the requirements and I honestly don’t know what I am actually doing with my forms or practice. I feel as though […]
This past weekend, Sifu Brinker brought by a pleco named Catthulu for my Aquarium. He now has a bunch more space to swim and stretch in and he seems to be doing fairly well. Plus one of his roommates is named “The Ancient One” while another is “The Danger” so he fits right in. While
This past Saturday was rough. We have three dogs, Marika a Havanese, and her two puppies Paddy and T2 who are Havanese crossed with Japanese Chins. The brothers are about three years old now and have always lived together. Occasionally, they get into little spats trying to establish who the alpha is. They’ve never actually
It is sometimes mind boggling how fast time can fly and how it seems like things slip away from us. We are now ten weeks into the Ih Ho Chuan Challenge, and I have missed almost a full month of blog posts now. It shocks me how easy things can slip away, and reminds me
In my last post I mentioned that I was falling behind on my goals. While I am disappointed with my numbers, I enjoyed our discussion in class on Thursday and wanted to take a bit of time to discuss my goals for this year. I joined kung fu, because I was looking for a way
The weekend before last, I began to renovate my mothers bathroom for her. It’s been a week of demolition work, plumbing, electrical, framing, drywalling, painting and flooring. At this point I am just finishing up with trim work and things should be done fairly soon. The project has taken a longer than I expected and
In my last post I spoke of highs and lows, of ups and downs and how exciting a new adventure can be yet how disappointing set-backs can also be. In that post I referred to the setbacks as a failure. I was disappointed I was not doing everything I thought that I could and that
I was blown away by the banquet this past weekend. It was incredible seeing everyone come together to create such a fun and memorable event. This was my first New Year’s Banquet, and it was an inspiring and motivational experience for me. The week leading up to the banquet was the first week of our
Today is the beginning of the year of the Rabbit, and today is also the beginning of my journey with the Ih Ho Chuan Team. I am both nervous and excited for the challenges that lie ahead. In this post I would like to briefly talk about who I am, and why I joined Kung
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For this final project, I was debating among a few project ideas that seemed both interesting and relevant to me. I wrote an email to my instructor for this course, Dr. Richard Huntrods, with a basic summary of what I wanted to do for each of the possible projects. There was however one project that
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