Hello everyone in my black belt class I've been learning so many new things every time I go there. Sifu Brinker once said that he was jealous of white belts because everything they learn is all new to them and exciting and once you become a black belt that tends to almost completely be gone by then. For me it does not end there in black belt class it's like all the forms I ever did and all the techniques I ever did have become new again. I feel like a white belt at a black belt level thing seem new and exciting, yet I've done all these forms and techniques thousands of times already. The most recent thing were learning in Black belt class is feeling your chi in your forms. I have to tell you when I first focus on my chi while doing forms was crazy. After each form he made us to over again I felt very cold after finishing a form, but I would warm up later.
I Also found a technique in kempo 3 that for me uses chi to great lengths. Two moves before the three deep breaths near the end of kempo 3. I feel all my chi in my stomach then I blast it out in one direction (with the double fist) then the other, and in that moment I feel really cold, but then the next step is to take those three big breaths and for me that is where I take back some of the chi I have just released. So how can I not be really excited about kung fu when I'm still learning more about myself and about kung fu. Even as I talk now I am feeling more pumped up right now like I got to get up and do it right now.
Also another thing about chi, Sifu Brinker said before that when he does opening bow(past master east) he is already warmed up and ready to go and his blood is pumping. I thought I try and use my chi in the opening bow, and holy cow I finally felt what he was talking about I was ready to go I was pumped; it was so awesome. Now I have not been able to do this repeatably yet, mainly because for me I have to really focus to do it. It gets me to thinking that to truly be in that moment of the opening bow you have commit everything to it and when you do you get the feeling Sifu Brinker has talked about. It's no easy task, but so amazing at the same time.
Side note: I have yet to have a black belt class where I was not having my mind blown or mesmerized by something.
Well that's all for now so remember stay extraordinary. (side note 2: I just realized to spell extraordinary you need ordinary lol)
Sifu R. Langner
I have been impressed at how quickly you are developing these abstract, complex skills. There are people teaching and giving out black belts without this essential core understanding. There is a reason why only master level instructors can promote someone to black belt. I can tell that despite your lack of experience, you are grasping the importance of the lessons. I look forward to seeing how you apply the lessons to your existing knowledge. Exciting times.
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