Engagement

The power of engagement can turn your life around for the better. Simply starting to acknowledge small things in life can have a grandiose effect. Consistently Engaging creates tidal waves of change. A small practice can be as simply focus for a minute; I am breathing in I am breathing out. Very small steps. Start to go bigger and bigger where many small engagements turn into great engagement. Recording these engagements help you learn and become even more engaged. The path to engagement is driven by you and those around you. If you do not choose to engage then it will clearly have no value, but once embraced get ready for a wild ride into this thing called life.

Sihing Langner

Quotes i would like to live by

 "A master has failed more times then you have tried."

"Tomorrow is a mystery, yesterday is history , but today is a GIFT that is why it is called the present."

"Just do it"

These two quotes are in my head a lot lately. I figured I would share some whit you all since these are the quotes I remember the most.

If you guys have any I would be curious to see them.

Sifu Langner

Shaky

 I want to just start out with congrats to everyone and the banquet. To those who got promoted and to those that help put together and run the banquet.

Now for the blog. My mind is a bit of a jumble right now and I am having a hard time picking what I want to share right now. It is not that I don't know what to write right now; it is more related to I am still thinking how to say it. I feel as though I am wary of wanting to share. I will have to end it here for now. This is at least a start.

Sihing Langner

Chaos

 This is the most chaotic work schedule I have ever worked. I have worked early in the morning and then late at night and then in the afternoon. It has happened in all a week. I even skipped the two days I was going to get off to go to work. So my sleep has been put through some strain, but I seem to be good still.

 I feel good that I am working again; I really do.  What I am in the process of doing right now is re-establishing balance. I have had over a year vacation where I had all the time in the world to do whatever I want. Sort of, because I had to devote a lot of time to recovery. I eventually established a balance that was working. Now with these manic hours I work, I am truly thrown off. Work has helped me a lot mentally, but unfortunately has thrown of my Kung fu temporarily. 

I have every motivation to get my Kung fu back on my path. It is just a little difficult with the wack-a-doodle schedule at work. They have told me my schedule should be a little more main stream in a week or 2, but once it becomes manageable I might be thrown to work night shift. So many more challenges ahead to come. If they move me to nights I might not be able to go to any classes for a while, but there will still be kung fu.    

Sifu Langner

Sick

 So I am sick. I am currently going through whole days where I feel dizzy. Even as I write this I find it difficult to type. I will say so far Covid negative but that could change by next test. Besides the sickness I still am going to try and work on my 3 star form. I am not sure how yet. Even thinking for awhile about complex ideas is like a squirrel with ADHD. As I am writing I am rethinking about trying to work on my 3 star drum form. I am having a hard time writing this blog properly. 

I think I will work on my breathing meditation. It is hard to breath sometimes, but right now I am good. I might not be able to think to logically right now, but I believe a lot of value in just breathing, besides the obvious reasons.  I am breathing in, I am breathing out. 

I am looking forward to what I might learn once I start this. I have done breathing mediations before just normally not dizzy and sick. Every breath might have a cough, but I will do what I can. Small gentle breathing. I look forward to my first session.

Sifu Langner  

Getting Closer

 I have had some really stressful weeks and I started to go down a bitter path well traveled. I had to be reminded of the silver lining to bad situations. It may be a thin line sometimes, but it is always there. I am also sorry for missing my normal blog day I have been so out of whack these past couple of weeks, that I forgot the best tool to help me through is blogging.

Now to get into the blog I really want to blog about. I am getting so close to completing my 3 star drumming form. All that is left is the closing drum. I was really struggling with what move would make sense before I go into the unicorn stepping. I have finally found the move. It turns out it was a leg sweep. Thanks a lot Sihing Lindstrom for helping me smooth out the transition. I am looking forward to having a completed beta version of my form, so I can drum to my form. I have never gone on such a crazy learning experience making a form. I have made many in the past, but this one is the one I will treasure the longest. 

I have grown better in understanding Drumming, and how my body moves, and making transitions that make sense. There is a reason for why if my original forms could be lacking, it could be my transition. I would say Sai's are my favorite weapon, but this drum form is becoming my favorite fast.

Sihing Langner

Unicorn Stepping

 I have gotten to the unicorn step I will be adding into my 3 star drum form. It is definitely another challenge. I realized that the way I do the unicorn stepping is still to the beat, but it was slower than what I needed for the form. For some reason I could not think of the steps to the beat of the 3 star drum. Sihing Lindstrom helped me reconnected the steps to the 3 star beat. My issue was I was preparing the unicorn step at the clack, and I should of done it at the single thump. Once I had that figured out I started to add techniques to the unicorn stepping. 

The big issue I am having now is because I am doing every beat has a technique it makes the unicorn step a little weird. I am trying to make it the techniques make sense and have purpose. I am trying to not just place the unicorn step in my form just for the sake of  having it. I am trying to make it make sense. I am aiming for intent.   I won't lie the unicorn step in my form seems more like poses, but it is not a bad thing to have poses. I am just not really liking the transitions in between the unicorn stepping. 

It is the defining moments of the clack that seem like to me right now "oh yeah I need to do something" The flow and transition into these clacks make some sense, but I feel as I can do better. 

I am having a hard time with this form, but I am also learning so much about myself and my drumming, and even my unicorn stepping. I am actually having a lot of fun right now.

Sihing Langner