Hello all. I am having a great week. Training is going well. I have memorized the "code of ethics" necessary for grading day and am spending a significant amount of time reviewing our cirriculum. I am looking forward to working with my partner again on Thursday to progress with my five individual techniques. I am working on a lot of forms and really paying attention to my foot position within stances, and the six harmonies. This is the biggest opportunity for me as moving my centre from my shoulders to my hips is a constant work in process.
Have a great week!
Allan Gamble
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Mastery - Life Changing Continuous Process
This has been a great year so far. I have been committed to the UBBT process along with my personal kung fu goals. Mastery is the process that has allowed me to continually improve myself both physically and mentally. I have been thinking about this a lot lately with our black belt grading approaching on October 15th. I find myself sometimes equating mastery, the destination, with the black belt grading and this brings about some emotions of fear and anxiety. Wow, this is a breakthrough for me. I have never publicly spoke of these types of emotion before, nor will it ever happen again.
I quickly remind myself that mastery is not attained on black belt grading day, nor is mastery a destination, but rather it is a life long process of continuous improvement. The attainment of a black belt is one point along the journey of a life committed to mastery. When I think of things this way I feel confident and proud of the accomplishments I have achieved so far this year. The black belt grading is another day and if my preparation serves me well, everything will be fine. When I personally have doubts of my "preparedness" I reflect on my experience in the wonderful sport of hockey, which I have been blessed to have participated for 40 years. I have prepared for I would guess about 1,600 hockey games and it is the same preparation each game. All nerves and butterflies are gone as soon as you step on the ice. Kung fu will be exactly the same on black belt grading day. Everything is fine as soon as you step on the mats.
Have a great training week!
Allan Gamble
I quickly remind myself that mastery is not attained on black belt grading day, nor is mastery a destination, but rather it is a life long process of continuous improvement. The attainment of a black belt is one point along the journey of a life committed to mastery. When I think of things this way I feel confident and proud of the accomplishments I have achieved so far this year. The black belt grading is another day and if my preparation serves me well, everything will be fine. When I personally have doubts of my "preparedness" I reflect on my experience in the wonderful sport of hockey, which I have been blessed to have participated for 40 years. I have prepared for I would guess about 1,600 hockey games and it is the same preparation each game. All nerves and butterflies are gone as soon as you step on the ice. Kung fu will be exactly the same on black belt grading day. Everything is fine as soon as you step on the mats.
Have a great training week!
Allan Gamble
Friday, September 16, 2011
Seize an Opportunity
Last night a group of us Sihings had an opportunity to practice throwing techniques with Sifu Prince and Sifu Harrington. What a great opportunity!
The techniques we practiced were all related to throwing and flying where partnership is of great importance. I found that as we got into it, the partnerships, team building, trust, and confidence grew within the group. By the end of the practice we were not only focused on the individual techniques, but developing creative finishes to each technique. I want to thank Sifu Prince for providing this opportunity and sifu and sihings for the great training experience. Have a great training week!
Allan Gamble
The techniques we practiced were all related to throwing and flying where partnership is of great importance. I found that as we got into it, the partnerships, team building, trust, and confidence grew within the group. By the end of the practice we were not only focused on the individual techniques, but developing creative finishes to each technique. I want to thank Sifu Prince for providing this opportunity and sifu and sihings for the great training experience. Have a great training week!
Allan Gamble
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
This Week
Hello all, training is going well. This week I will continue with daily conditioning, forms, and individual techniques. I will specifically focus on cirriculum review and code of ethics memorization. That is all for this week's blog, less blog and more work. Have a great week!
Allan Gamble
Allan Gamble
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