Intent to Chi

Hello everyone it has been awhile since I blogged. Sorry for that I sometimes forget how much blogging is apart of my journey and how great of a tool blogging is.

  Anyways I have had a black belt class recently that worked on one of the internal harmony's. There is spirit to intent, intent to chi, and chi to strength/power. The one we worked on was intent to chi. It was an amazing class for me, because if you don't know yet I currently can't use either of my arms for any weapon or hand forms right now. Due to it causing me pain in both my shoulders. I have full movement and use in both of my arms, but I don't like to becasue it again will cause me pain.

  So the lesson I really learned from class about intent to chi was really amazing. Since now that i realized I am not using my arms in any forms really, all I have now it my intent and chi. I don't think I ever really focus on it before, becasue I had two good arms, but now the only thing I can really practice is intent to chi. Now when I say intent I am talking about my own intent. Ex. I will use my right hand and punch through my opponent, then use my left hand to block the one on the left.

  So since I can`t really use my arms or anything this is how I train now. I put my intent behind what i want to do the try and release that intent into my chi and release my energy. It is kinda hard for me since now a lot of the kung fu I practice is mostly mental now.

 I guess you could say the silver lining out of having two bad shoulders is that I am experiencing stuff I don`t think I would of worked on until I was much older. I have no choice, but to do that. It is moments like these as to why I love kung fu so much, and that kung fu will never get boring, for me, becasue every day as a martial artist I feel like I always have so much more to learn and can`t wait to learn them. So I will see you all next time, but until then remember everyone stay extraordinary.


Sifu R. Langner

Well.. this is a blog

Hello everyone I am doing good right now and for the life of me can't think of a single thing right now.
I am signed up for my second year at NAIT in the electrical trade. I been having fun with my friends and family. The Kohuts through a great party; I had a lot of fun and thank you. I have been practicing drumming and really liking it.(the lion dance drumming) . I finally have the month of when I will be traveling to Japan, February. I will be going for one month so looking forward to that. Also looking forward to the wolf walk trip that I am about to go on.

hmmm... even after writing all this I am still drawing a blank.

OK then so remember everyone stay extraordinary.



Sifu R. Langner

That Juice Guy

Hello everyone Canada day was absolutely amazing. The amount of commitment and engagement from all of you truly re-invigorated my passion for life and kung fu. You all performed so well and made all the demos, lion, and dragon performances outstanding.
    I loved to see the dragon out it can really unite the team. The lion always pushing your limits and representing us well. The demos could have not gone any better you all put amazing effort of the 20 to 10(or that one 50) seconds I gave you all. You all helped me to have one of the best days of my life.      
   Also I have to thank sifu brinker in giving me the opportunity to create the demos. I think this has really helped me a lot. Of course I thank all of you that put in the effort to making the Canada day a huge success.
  Also now I most likely will be referred to as the juice guy from now on since that day. If you had not heard yet, I accidentally wiped off the dotting on the mirror of the lion. I was clearly not thinking straight and thought the little red dots on the mirror was juice spilled on it. I told the others this and was promptly told I could just use my saliva to clean it off. So I did with my thumb, but they all realized too late that I had just wiped off the dotting of the lion. I now went from that drug guy to that juice guy. The drug guy is another story. :)

So for now everyone stay extraordinary.


Sifu R. Langner

A Hard Blog to Write

Hey everyone I would just like to say firstly that I have been going through a lot of personal battles. I have been wishing bad things for myself and completely hiding behind a mask. It is really hard for me to type this up right now, but I feel like I need must.
   Right now in life things for me seem to be going pretty good, I am making big discoveries in my own kung fu and my-self, yet I feel empty. I have never had a more exciting life right now and yet I feel timid. I feel like I am pushing people away unintentionally. I feel like I am super selfish when I think that I have issues when my life could not be any better. I just feel like when am I gonna grow up and get over my-self.
  I have said this before, but I focus on the negative so easily, and always forget the positive.

Negatives: I am not happy. I feel like there is a void. I feel alone. I am a good liar. I hate that part the most. I am not actually ever telling lies verbally to or about someone, but I am very good at hiding my personal troubles, not all of them, but the ones I am ashamed of. That is what I lie about. I am my own worst enemy. I don't accept who I am today, and think it is all a farce.

Positives:  I have amazing friends, I finally have a career that I enjoy. I have two parents that love me so much. I lost so much weight. I am a lot more healthier than I used to be. I am more of a social person now. I have never truly love my kung fu as much as I do now. The demo that I have made up has made really happy in what everyone did and accomplished in one go through. I know that the demo could still be axed or completely changed, but I at least feel proud about it; and would still like to continue spearheading the demo. I will always see the good in others and the greatest potential in others. I don't get mad at people when they clearly do something wrong to me, becasue I assume that either something is not right in there life right now, or their are just having a bad day.

See I know my positives yet I really have a hard time ignoring the negatives.

I am sorry for more negativity from me. I am pretty much just being a big baby, and I should start to realize just how good I really have it. You all have always help me change and grow as a better person. I don't know what my life would be like if I was not in kung fu or the I Ho Chuan team.

The true meaning of the I Ho Chuan for me is the people and the lives we change everyday. So I just want to thank all of you from the bottom of my heart. You all mean so much to me and I sincerely hope you all have great lives and continue on this amazing journey we all have embarked on.

Well hopefully in my next blog I won't be so gloomy, but I guess I will see you all next time.

Sifu. R Langner

Horse Lessons

Hello everyone I have gotten a little sick after yesterday at the horse seminar. It started to rain and hail and we all decided to stay and tough it out. It was a blast I would choose to be sick over an over again to have the experience we had that day.
  We got to learn not just how to handle a horse, but how to handle ourselves. One of the biggest lessons I took was be conscious of our energy that we put out there, because the horse will pick up on whatever energy's you are giving and react to them. If you are nervous and panicked the horse will most likely feel uncomfortable around you. If you project confidence and leadership the horse was more likely to respond to you in a positive manner and easy to handle.
   Now I know we were using very well trained horses, but I think it still applie's. I think I should also adapt this attitude for myself and start projecting confidence in what I am doing and hopefully project some leadership.
  I would maybe talk more about this, but my head is just pounding right now. So I am going to take a little nap.
  Remember every one stay extraordinary.


Sifu R. Langner

Energy Level

Hello everyone I just want to say real quick that the parade was a huge success and I am so happy to see everyone that participated. I think for me this was one of best parades to date. Mainly for me is not just the float, but how many people showed up and had a super fun day.

Ok now the blog I have missed a few, and that's what this blog is about; a little bit. Mainly my kung fu though. When I was younger I did not like kung fu and if anything I hated it. I would make up excuses on why not to go to kung fu. I usually felt pretty tired and just wanted to do nothing and not go to kung fu. Which eventually lead me to quitting kung fu; really bad decision for me there. I saw no value.

  What I did not realize yet is all the opportunity's that our kung fu provided for me. Kung fu helped me develop self-confidence, social skills, leadership skills, new friends, and new and improved me. It was a program (if you chose to use it) to change the very way you live for the better.

    Now recently my energy levels have been where they used to be when I hated kung fu, but this time I am not in the spot of hating kung fu, but right now I know the value, but still make the same decision way back then. It kinda scares me knowing I can so easily slip back into bad habits.
I guess it is so easy to slip back into it, because it goes down hill and when you have worked your way to the top it sometimes easier to roll back down a bit; wrong choice.

   I have been working on becoming more involved with my kung fu again, becasue I am still learning and making leaps and bounds in my life thanks to kung fu. The ironic thing for me aboout the low energy is before kung fu I feel no motivation, but when I go to kung fu I become full of energy and excited for what the future holds for me in my kung fu life.

  Well that my rant for now so remember everyone stay extraordinary.


Sifu R. Langner

Pandamonium

Hello everyone I just wanted to talk about Pandamonium and what it means to me. For me Pandamonium was always an opportunity to get to live in the moment to the fullest without any interruptions. Also an unique experience to have; and many miracles happen all in 24 hours. Now Pandamonium is still all these things to me, but I realized I never truly understood what Pandamonium was all about. I got lost in myself and my own experiences I forgot to think of why I was participating.
    For a Pandamonium day for me it went a little like this. kung fu, event, event, kung fu, event, miracle, new friend, fun, kung fu, food, kung fu, rest, ice, kung fu, charity, kung fu, event, food, laughter, water, pain, almost there, big finish, done. You see I barely even notice the charity, and that is on me.
    After when I went to Alabama last year I realized that our Pandamonium was our own little Greensboro project, but with way more resources. We have all theses charity's that we are trying to make a difference in, but for some reason I feel it has become the after thought of the day.  Pandamonium happens, we all have a great time, then most of us move on with our lives. With this I think a lot of us including me miss the point of Pandamonium. I personally think I have about 50% of it for sure, but the other half is the charity side that I normally don't think to much about. 
    This is a huge portion of why the Pandamonium is held in the first place. We are trying to raise awareness and change the lives of the people or animals in our charity's. Inspire others to become passionate about the charity's we support; in return hopefully they inspire others and so on. This whole event is all about Northern Lights Wildlife Wolf Center, Children's Ability Fund, SCARS - Second Chance Animal Rescue Society, Atsikana Pa Ulendo - Malawi Girls on the Move, Healing Hands. All of these charity's have been chosen pacifically, becasue these charity's are actually making a difference with the money that is donated to them. 
   I still need to learn a lot more about our charity's, but I will say this, this Pandamonium coming up remember to think of the reasons why are you participating? Are you trying to change your self ? Are you trying to make a difference? Or are you trying to learn empathy and passion? Or to inspire and raise awareness?  because on Pandamonium day  I think all of these thing should happen, but the one most forgotten is the charity. I am partially to blame for that.
  So next time you go to the kwoon pick up a  Pandamonium sheet and read the reason why we hold Pandamonium and possibly become more involved with just one charity. Then I believe we can make all the difference in the world. Here are all the links to the charity's and I urge you to check them out, because if you ever wanted to be apart of something great; this is definitely one of them. Unfortunately I don't think there is a website for helping hands, but you can still read some of it on the Pandamonium sheets.

http://www.northernlightswildlife.com/
http://www.childrensabilityfund.ca/
http://www.scarscare.org/
http://malawigirlsonthemove.com/


  So remember everyone stay extraordinary.

Sifu R. Langner