Training from the Confines

Well here I am once again training in the confines of a hotel room. The Smoke is back as a result of the wind changing direction. As frustating as it is, there's nothing you can do about it so you might as well adapt your training and get something done. I am dissapointed though, I really wanted to run again tonight. I have been tracking my time and distances with the intent to get faster each time and deplete the need for walking breaks. Typically I run until I am out of breath or my legs are about to give out. Once I catch it or my legs feel like they have stabalized, I run again and repeat the process. Maybe not the best strategy considering I am running on rocks, but it's working for me. My phone came with a really cool app that tracks my distance, inclines/declines, speed, and a map of my run. It tells me where I was fast and where I was slow and gives me top and average speeds. Pretty cool and highly useful. I guess you could say the dinasour is evolving. Who would of thought.

On another note, I found a set of ankle weights and some resistance chords up here so that was a great find because I forgot mine at home. I struggle with my kicks in several areas. I'm finding that the weight of my leg is not enough to increase the strength in different muscles so I am using the extra weights with the hope that this will help. Also I'm not very flexible which really sucks when you are trying to get height and a full extension on your kicks and not knock yourself off center. This happens to me all the time and makes my spinning back kick a complete disaster. So I can do what I have done in the past and throw a fit and not do it, or I can fix my damn kicks. I reduce the amount of weight and carefully throw the same kicks that Sifu Olsivik taught us to do before we do the Qi Gong Five animal form. Stiff swinging, inside/outside cyclone, straight out to the side, and another I'm not sure what you call it but your back foot points to the outside and your kicking foot goes straight ahead. Your feet kind of start out like a "T". You guys all know how we use the resistance chords at the kwoon. Even though it's only been a day or two, I can already see how these tools are going to help. I guess we'll all see in a week or so because I am going to work on my kicks next week. I haven't really set a numbered goal, but I have a visual goal. This weekend I am going to film myself doing two forms, Loa Gar as far as I know, and Da Mu Hsing for my fellow students and Black Belts to check out. I am looking for help and advice to any area that needs it. The following weekend I will send two more forms and some kicks with the same intention.

As highly beneficial as Qi Gong has been to me for some reason it always ends up on the back burner. I have decided that this is another tool that I have been given and just letting it rust. I am going to make time no matter whats happening to use it. The benefits are endless and I feel very good when I stick to it. So that's what's happening now. I will send another video out probably on the weekend. There are a few things I would like to touch on. Talk to you then.