Awesome Class............I have my kung fu spirit back!

Last night's class was totally awesome. I liked the warm up as it was different.

We practiced shield work last night and that was really fun. I was punching the shields so hard that today my arms and wrists are sore but, a good sore. It felt good to put that much energy into it. I was sweating so much it was running down the side of my face. I have to work on my weave a little bit more to get it right.

After class I spoke with Sifu Shipalesky about my kung fu from the time I started until present to see if she has seen an improvement and she said I have improved greatly. I was starting to doubt myself whether I was cut out for kung fu. I have been feeling down about my performance for a while now. I was also comparing myself to everyone else in the class and I can't do that. Everyone works at their own pace and some students have prior experience too. I compare myself to Brian a lot and I am going to have to refocuse my energy because I have to accept that he has prior experience. I need to put my energy toward my personal kung fu journey. Brian has been helping me lately and critiquing my combinations and the other curriculum items, which is helping me to improve. He's like a drill seargent LOL but, his knowledge and encouragement has been a great inspiration for me to work harder and that if I practice and work hard at home, I will be a great martial artist. It can be done if I put my mind and energy to it.

We stayed to watch the class after the beginners class and I enjoyed the story Sifu Freitag told the students about her friend Kevin (Parachutting Friend) and how loud his sound focus is and that her goal is to be as loud as him in Kung Fu sound focus and that the students should have a goal to be louder than her. It was very inspirational to a fairly new student like myself.

Signing off now because I am starting to ramble on and on and on.

Susan C.