Sunday, 27 December 2015

Sorry everyone another long vlog. I really thank all of you that make enough time in your day to watch me mumble. I swear I feel like I am not talking that long, but then it ends up 8 minutes long.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgSdy0ACu80&feature=youtu.be

Sifu R. Langner

Sunday, 18 October 2015

Be The Change

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Fiv3N4T77s&feature=youtu.be

I found the clip of the Dancing fool (leaders). Like I said I am not the original person who found this first I think it was Sifu Brinker who originally found this, but I am not sure. Anyways for me this was a powerful message and needed to be re shared.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO8MwBZl-Vc

in case link does not work go on youtube and search

Leadership From A Dancing Guy

Sifu R. Langner

Sunday, 11 October 2015

Vlog's Blogs's and Everything Else

Sorry for another long vlog I still need to manage my time better and of course I got cut off here. So after the vlog I have a little bit more to say.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRQCXOhRwNE&feature=youtu.be

I just can't say enough about this year. You are all amazing people that I had no Ideal that existed, but this year for me a miracle has occurred and I got to meet all of you. I have never been more passionate about kung fu than I am right now. I have always had a passion, but this year I have exploded with it. Anyways I want to just say remember everyone stay extraordinary.

Sifu R. Langner

Monday, 5 October 2015

I Ho Chuan Meetings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q36F3RmnXo&feature=youtu.be

Sifu R. Langner

Sunday, 27 September 2015

A Little Bit of Everything

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGSCp0arwlg&feature=youtu.be

Sifu R. Langner

Sunday, 20 September 2015

Dragon

Hello guys I am just gonna write the rest of my vlog here; not much though. So in order it is watch the video then read this. I am sorry for the inconvenience I was not careful with my time. I said a lot more after my time ran out but it would be way to short to add another vlog. It was most likely like another 2 mins.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmi0m8ibhKw

I did say more about the butterfly effect, but I'll leave it for now. Anyways I am so honored to be in this years I Ho Chaun team and the new people that I have met. I truly appreciate all of you that are in the I Ho Chaun this year. As I love to say remeber everyone stay extraordinary.

Sifu R. Langner

Sunday, 13 September 2015

Eyes wide open

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO1zeeSH-IY

Sifu R. Langner

Sunday, 6 September 2015

Happy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PPAh_on-DI&feature=youtu.be

Sifu R. Langner

Sunday, 30 August 2015

Extraordinary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miS6ARLNHRU
This here is something that completely changed my way of thinking after reading it so many times.
Also it has had a huge influence on how I live my life.

Sifu R. Langner

Mastery by Stewart Emery

Mastery in our career and consciousness simply requires that we constantly produce results beyond the ordinary. Mastery is the result of consistently going beyond our limits. For most people, it starts with technical excellence in a chosen field and a commitment to that excellence. If you are willing to make a commitment to excellence and surround yourself with things that represent excellence and pursue events and experiences that become miracles, your life will change. ( When we speak of miracles, we speak of events and experiences in the real world that are beyond the ordinary).

It is remarkable how much mediocrity we live with, surrounding ourselves with daily reminders that the average is acceptable. Our world suffers from terminal mediocrity. Take a moment to assess all the things around you that encourage you to remain average. These things keep you powerless, unable to go beyond the limits that you have arbitrarily set for yourself. Take you first steps towards mastery by removing everything in your environment the represents mediocrity, removing your arbitrary limits. Try surrounding yourself with friends that expect more of you than you do. Didn't some of your best teachers, your coaches, your parents expect more of you?

On the path to mastery, erase any resentment towards masters. Develop compassion for yourself so that you can be in the presence of masters and grow from the experience .Rather than comparing yourself and resenting people who are masters, remain open and receptive; a let the experience be like planting a seed within you - with nourishment, it will grow into your own individual mastery.

Correction is essential in power and mastery. You see, we are all ordinary. But a master, rather in condemning himself for his ordinariness, he embraces his ordinariness and uses it as a foundation to build the extraordinary. Instead of giving up, like ordinary people do, a master uses his ordinariness to correct his errors, which is essential in the process towards attaining mastery. You must be able to correct yourself without condemning or invalidating yourself, accept the results and improve upon them.

Correct, don't protect.

Sunday, 23 August 2015

Learning How to Teach

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsR5IAE6VW0
I think I am getting a little better at this vlogging thing, but if anyone could recommend how i can possibly edit? that would be much appreciate it.

Sifu R. Langner

Monday, 17 August 2015

Mixed Feelings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaCH2yt-yWQ

Sorry for being late just a lot of uploading video problems.

Sifu R. Langner

Sunday, 9 August 2015

Introvert to Extrovert

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNf39I5Nk34&spfreload=10

The video is a little dark so sorry about that I tried using the youtube edit to make it brighter. I now know the importance of lighting. :)

Sifu R. Langner

Monday, 3 August 2015

Parades, Teams, and Self

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_63vmgCMsA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oE4lGwKsgU
well hope this works for my very first vlog its a two parter because I did not realize I had a limit amount of space on the camera.

Sifu R. Langner

Sunday, 12 July 2015

Life Changing

Hello everyone It's been awhile since my last blog, but I have been thinking about the word life changing a lot. I know I have said some stuff about this already in the meeting, but I really have been thinking about it.
I first started to realize I was calling every thing I did in kung fu life changing, and I would tell others it was life changing. Then I started to feel like others possibly thought I was just being overly dramatic, and it could not be possibly true. Then it hit me I see all the opportunity's given to me as a possible life changing event and I acknowledge every little thing that happens in these opportunity's as something life changing. Also I can recall what was life changing for me at all the events or opportunity's that kung fu has provided for me.
   Now how the heck do I convey those feelings of life changing to others, and the ability to acknowledge the little things as a life changing event. I believe I am lucky because I have a super clear moment in my mind every day of when my life started to change. It all came down to going to a room on the left or the right. Two completely different paths for me to choose and I stumble onto Kung Fu. That one memory sticks with me everyday as my life changing event. It was such a small moment, but I have no idea where I would of ended up in life today if I went right. Now for me my mind gets blown away every time I think about it.
   So when I say something is life changing I am thinking of that moment and other moments I have had in my kung fu career. I would like to be able to transfer those feeling's I have whenever I tell someone it's a life changing event. I figure the only way to ever transfer these feeling's is through telling people in person, or of course blogging.
   I would like to list some life changing events for me, because these are places where my life for sure changed forever since attending these events.
1. Any time I go to a kung fu class
2. Boot camp         3. Banquet 4. Form seminar 5. Black belt test 6. Tiger challenge
7. Pandamodium    8. Alabama trip    9.Lion Dance 10. Dragon dance 11. I Ho Chuan 12. Demos
13. Saturday open training 14. Tai chi 15. Fitness class 16. Shaolin combative's class
(I'm sure I might have forgotten some but these are some I can think of right now)

These are all life changing events for me. I figure my life changes so much every time I attend all of these. Some might have more impact then others, but they always have an impact on me small or big.
Now I am not saying that everyone has to start doing all these thing to experience something life changing. Even if you could only attend one of these thing I think you will greatly benefit from it. This is what I want to get across whenever I say something is life changing. I am saying why wait for something major in your life to change your life; take any one of these opportunity's and change your life on your own or with the help of the event.

Anyways I hope whenever you hear me next time say that it will change your life; is that you give it some thought. So as I love to say remember everyone stay extraordinary.

Sifu R. Langner

Thursday, 28 May 2015

24 hours and 2 Miracles

Hello everyone I am super happy about how the Pandamodium turned out. I was able to successfully do all 24 hours of the Pandamodium again, but completely different from last time. This time I completed the task with two very amazing people; Mr. Daniel Sollinger and Sihing Sarah Vanderham.

    For my second 24 hour experiences this one I had a lot of fun and experience brand new things. I was the second one after that brave little kid to be dunked. I was definitely afraid of the cold water. I admit I really suck with cold water, but I love cold weather. I had a lot of fun being on the dunk tank, except when Sifu Brinker was sniping me (I actually still had a lot of fun then too) :) .
    I was very anxious for the lion dance; that me and Sollinger volunteered for. I was going through my mind what needed to be done and what I had to do, because I wanted to put on the best show possible. Once it became time to finally do the lion dance, my tail was frozen to the bone and both of my knees were swelling. I can say we were ready; Dan managed to warm up a bit more before we started and I managed to get the swelling in my knees down just a bit before the dance. I would have to say the dance we performed was extraordinary chaos. That day we developed new ways of performing the lion dance. Also we made history of throwing lettuce onto the first ever veggie burger ever, thanks to Lindsay Gibbons great catching. I had so much fun. I was able to catch my second wind near the last 6 to 8 hours of the day and finished strong.

    One of the greatest things I got out of that experience was seeing Mr. Daniel Sollinger and Sihing Sarah Vanderham conquer the 24hr challenge I put out there. Dan was an energy beast; he was always moving, completed insane amount of push ups and sit ups, and he performed a one man demo show at 11:45 P. M. I was truly amazed and impress at his amazing can-do attitude.
   Sihing Sarah Vaderham also blew me away. She is the youngest ever to complete all 24 hours in the Pandamodium. I almost lost her in the first hour of the Pandamodium day; do to something in her hip. She took appropriate action stopped and iced her injury and was able to continue. She also joined Dan Sollinger in the crazy amount of push ups and sit ups; quite impressive.
   I have to say I am the most happiest about how the experience that Mr. Daniel Sollinger and Sihing Sarah Vanderham had. They both saw a door of opportunity and bolted right through. I asked both of them if they would do all 24 hours again; without a second thought they both said yes. I was so happy when I heard this I knew what I wanted them to get out of that 24 hour day was accomplished.After seeing what they went through and they saw the value of what I wanted them to get I felt a sense of pride I can't stop saying in how proud I am of them and how truly happy they made me feel.
If you want to know what they got after the 24 hours then I would ask them, because only they will know, and if anyone ever want to try it next year I assure you will get something out of it yourself, maybe not what they got, but something of your very own that will change you.
    So thank you Mr. Daniel Sollinger and Sihing Sarah Vanderham for helping me grow as a person and becoming 2 miracles in my ever changing life.
      As always everyone remember to stay extraordinary.

Sifu R. Langner

Thursday, 21 May 2015

Never forget, but keep movnig forward

Hello everyone this blog today I will be talking about my experience of when I joined kung fu, when I quit ,and when I came back, and what it has done for me now. Some of you have heard this story before; from me, or my blog.This story is very important for me, because it reminds me of what I used to be like and how far I have come. I also like this story because whenever I tell this story I hope to inspire or even change someones life. I know that is asking a lot of a personal story, but I really hope it can make a positive impact for someone. This ones long so grab some grub or a drink and hopefully enjoy :)

   I was going to elementary when I first joined kung fu. I joined because my friend was going to attend. I later found out that my friend had entered into another martial arts. I was not thrilled, but I did not quit, because at least me and him could still talk about are martial arts together. Eventually he quit his martial arts, but I continued to attend kung fu. I never quit because I was to polite and shy; I thought if I quit that I would hurt there feelings.
     I did not hate nor despise kung fu yet, but eventually I started to grow my hatred and resentment towards kung fu. I saw kung fu as a bunch of hoops and hurdles; to get to the next belt level. The curriculum at the time was growing and becoming better, but to me it was all unnecessary. I was the perfect bad student; I did not try, I did not sweat, I did not care. I was just a lump of flesh that moved and breathed.
     Unknown to me at the time kung fu was already benefiting me greatly and I could not even see it. I was a very angry kid, my mother was called to the school a lot; do to an incidents between teachers, or bully's, or me just having a bad day. Kung fu for me was actually helping me how to deal with my anger and how to deal with bully's in a better way, and I did not see this.
   I eventually made it to sihing level, but I created so much negativity towards kung fu by this time I was blinded by it. I made it to sihing, but I now know I only got it because it was a tool to help me. I was definitely not sihing material and at that time would never become a black belt even if I attended for the rest of my life at the rate I was going. I would make up so many useless excuses of why I could not make kung fu. I was sick, I was not feeling well, I was tired, I was sore; I just did not want to be there. I had created such a negative place; in what I now know to be the most positive place that I have ever known.

   Now come the time when I eventually quit. I did not even tell them in person that I quit; just one summer I took it off and then never returned. At that moment when I finally realized I quit I was so happy I felt like I became so much lighter without kung fu. I saw kung fu as something holding me back. What I did not realize is that I just got rid of immense positivity from my life; I had created a small little hole in me.
    I quit for three years and things got a lot worse for me. I eventually finished school and went to college. I was miserable and became 310 lbs when I was attending college;I did not like myself and was even more of a shut-in.
   Of course my hatred for kung fu was not dying down anytime soon, because every year my mother went for her black belt and failed I thought to myself that I am right. They make you jump through to many hoops just to get a black belt, and what useless thing it was to have to do 50,000 push ups and sit ups. My mother was super persistent she never gave up, most people when they fail the test once they might quit. People who fail the test twice would for sure quit, but my mother kept telling me she will get her black belt some day you just wait. I never once believed her, until the day she finally got her black belt.
    My mother finally earned that black belt, and for the first time I saw my mother in a different light. I saw everything that kung fu has done for her, I saw everything that she had accomplished, I saw someone who had changed as a human being. She was surrounded by so much positivity I did not even recognize what it really looked like, she made so many friends, and she was so happy.
    This was not the same kung fu I remembered, but in reality it was the kung fu that was always there for me, and I did not even know it. At the time I had lost all my weight and was 200 lbs(I'm 212 lbs right now by the way). I became inspired to try and get the black belt for myself now. I was not just going for it now just to say "yup did that" no I wanted what my mother experienced I wanted to become a better person and become a positive influence in life.

     I had finally come back to kung fu; this time I joined for all the right reasons. I joined for myself. The whole experience when I first came back felt so surreal, because all the black belts around me used to be people I used to train with in the same belt level and now they were teaching. Also when I attended my first class back I sweated up a huge storm, and I later found out that Sifu Brinker did not even know that I could even sweat till that day.
   I no longer saw hoops and hurdles, but what I saw were doors and windows; both of them giving me an opportunity to become a better person if I wanted. I finally realized everything they every made me to do was never forced on me, but like a giant opportunity apple given to me and I used to swat it away whenever presented.These people were not trying to make my life hell they just wanted to make the best me I could become. I had finally filled that hole in me that I created so long ago; I had finally accepted positivity and change into my life.

   Now for me in the present I know I have changed so much and know I am no longer that quiet, shy, anger little boy anymore. I see kung fu as something now that has permanently changed my life forever. I have finally started my own journey that my mother started so long ago.
Now that I am a black belt I know my eyes are even more open now then they used to be. I see kung fu in a new light everyday, I never get bored of forms I have practice a 1000 times, because I learn something new every time I practice. If anything I have a whole new world to discover as a black belt and you know what the best part is? I think that I will never discover the whole new world of kung fu and I can't wait to discover as much as I can. I think that kung fu for me will always remain new, fresh, and vibrant. It's like always meeting up with an old friend you have not seen in awhile; you know a lot about them, but they always keep growing and changing.

   Anyways if you made it to the end here I thank you for taking your time to read my blog toady. Kung fu has truly changed my life, and I hope to be able to do it for someone else someday. So remember everyone stay extraordinary.

Sifu R. Langner

Thursday, 7 May 2015

Talking to Myself

Hello everyone I am currently seeking a new job. I have not searched for a job in six years and I am having mixed emotions about it. On one hand I am excited and can't wait to find and start my new job, but on the other hand I am scared.
      Scared of the fact that if I do get the new job I will have to quit the job I dislike now. I am afraid that I will get a new job and then it might not work out and then they will get rid of me, then I would be jobless. I worry about burning bridges with my current employer and then not succeeding in the other.
    I know right now in my heart that I need a new job and where I am at right now is not good for me. I really want a new job and I really hope I get it. I think I will do really well in the job, but all I need is the opportunity to prove to my next employer that I am a employee who will works his butt off to achieve a goal, and become the best employee they have. Because that what I have always done at any job I do I learn how to do it, then I become the best at doing it.
   This particular blog was definitely more meant for me; I needed to talk my self through what was needed to be done. I find myself using the blogs for this very purpose more and more. I find that if I write out what my problem is then state what I want to accomplish I start to feel better after the blog. Who to thunk when I started blogging 3 or 4 years ago that I would be using this tool to help me through some tough times and spreading the joy to everyone whenever I can. Thank you I Ho Chuan for giving me the opportunity to become a better person.
   Also remember everyone stay extraordinary.

Sifu R. Langner

Wednesday, 29 April 2015

10 Day Detox

Hello everyone I have just completed a 10 day smoothie detox. I did this detox to support my Dad who wanted to try it. We had two choices we could go with the hard core 10 day detox or the modified 10 day detox. We decided on the hard core one.The difference between the two was the hard core one said to drink 3 smoothies a day(72 oz), with some healthy snacks here and there. The modified one would of only been 2 smoothies(48oz) with 1 healthy meal.
      Now for me I found this 10 day detox very hard, because I was no longer eating any meat or carbs. I eat veggies and fruits all the time, but now they were my main source of food. For the snacks I was allowed unsalted cashews, and hard boiled eggs, and any veggie or fruit I wanted. Not so bad to begin with in the first couple days, but by day 7 I was tired of eating those items.
    I know my Dad actually came out pretty good after this 10 day detox. On day five he suggested we go to the modified version of this detox. I shut this idea down immediately, because I told him that we said we were going to do the hard core one so we should follow through with what we started. I said I was not switching, but if he wanted to he could. For obvious reasons he did not switch to the modified.
    During the 10 days I found myself to be very tired and had absolutely no energy. When we did our I Ho Chuan class with the first time practice demo I was very light headed and felt very weak after each time I did my form. I realized something later that the title on the book also said how to lose weight without exercising. I now realized I was not getting enough nutrition to properly be active. The book did say I would feel fatigued, but I was sometimes I was just sleeping at 1:00 PM for like 3 to 4 hours. I still tried to remain active, but whenever I tried I got worse. I was not hungry, but I was definitely weak.
   Now that I am done the 10 day detox I would have to say it really worked in the sense that I feel cleaner. Would I recommend others to try it? I would say yes. For this whole 10 day experience I did read some of the book myself, but I mainly was doing this to support my Dad. If I read the book better I think I would of had a better experience. I know me and my Dad did not read it well because we did not realize we were allowed snacks until day 2; not bad but we went with nothing but 72 oz of smoothie for a whole day. Now that I read this last sentence it really sounds super trivial, but I will leave it on :)
Anyways I am now currently on the track to eating solid foods again, but healthier. I also got to become a little more closer to my father in all of this and I am truly happier for that. Oh and by the way I started this 10 day detox weighing 228 lbs and now I weigh 212 lbs. So I lost 16 lbs in 10 days the 10 day detox definitely works, but how people go through those 10 days will vary from person to person.
   So I think this is everything I want to say for now so remember everyone stay extraordinary.

Sifu R. Langner

Sunday, 19 April 2015

Living in the Moment

Hello everyone I have had another revelation from the Alabama experience. When I got back I had a little talk with Sifu Brinker about my experience in Alabama. I told him that I had never been so inspired in my life to try and do more in my own life. I was completely engaged in Alabama I was accepted and surrounded by nothing but positive go getting people. Kinda reminds me of what we have in our own I Ho Chuan.
   Sifu Brinker then told me the reason why I was able to become so engaged. It was because I had absolutely no distractions. I was in another country while living in a church, and no job to think about. Everything I had there was only the Alabama Project and the new friends I have made. I had no choice but to become engrossed in what I was doing.
I thought for so long that I have had moments in my life where I was really engaged, but after the Alabama trip I realized I had never truly been 100% engaged. I may have been 80 maybe even 90% engaged, but never 100%. When I was in Greensboro someone was telling me that this was fun and all, but they did not see this trip as a holiday; do to all the work we had to do. I never thought for one second that I was not on a holiday and that person had to remind me that technically I was not on one. For me though I was having so much fun in Greensboro that I did not mind if I had to work so hard that my shirt became drenched with sweat ( literally actually happen twice and loved it). I think I can truly say now that I have now officially lived in the moment at 100%.
   Sifu Brinker then told me that the next challenge for me was to bring the feeling of immense engagement that I had in Alabama back to my regular life style. I never realized the challenge to live life completely in the moment while having so many distractions around me would be difficult. I have realized now how much I have to start changing my life so I can always feel and experience 100% engagement.
   I ask you all now can you think of a moment in your life where you were 100% engaged in life? I really hope you give this question some true thought, because you might be surprised in your answer. I have a dream now that someday that everyone in our school will go to Greensboro Alabama and experience the miracles that I got to experience there, or even create one in our own community; like the Pandamodium that we have. I know it will come dowm to money and time, but if you were to ever plan a holiday I would love to see everyone to be able to go there one year and experience something absolutely amazing;and most likely life changing.So remember everyone stay extraordinary.

Sifu R. Langner

Wednesday, 15 April 2015

The Alabama Experience

Hello everyone I have had one of the most extraordinary experience of my life; it was full of so many firsts. I was truly moved and inspired by so many people there. The aged range there from very possibly 8 or younger to 40 and up. I learned so much from all age groups, from the dedication from the young that absolutely loved going to Greensboro Alabama every year and making a difference. To the older people where they were either in the process of making a great change or already have done an act of outstanding proportions to the world or their own community.

      Some of the people in Geensboro that we met had a great impact on me, like the little girl who was more excited to volunteer for this amazing Alabama project; then go to Disneyland. For me this just spoke volumes for me that this little girl valued the Alabama project so highly and was already making a difference at her young age.

   I also got to listen and learn so much from Tom Callos and the amazing people he surrounds himself with. A lot of the time when he was talking he was always giving great praise to the people around him and completely thankful for what they have done and for what they have contributed to the team, to the community, and to the world. Tom Callos seems to me a man who was really happy in his life and wanted to share with everyone what he was doing, just absolutely amazing.

     Another person I met was a very kind lady named Pam she seemed to me to be the heart of the operation. She was very kind and very helpful and on the day we traveled back she offered us to go to her place for a pancake breakfast. I was so appreciative of what she did for us and how welcoming she really was.

There was also a few incredible guest speaker that I got to talk with that made an impact on me.
Julia Butterfly Hill her story was truly inspiring. If you search her name you will find out why she was so amazing. Julia lived in a red wood tree for 2 years. Julia did not do it for press, not for a record, Julia did it because deep in her heart she knew that she was doing it for the right cause. Julia protected a forest because it was the right thing to do. I highly recommend looking up her name to get the full story.

    There was another guest speaker that really got through to me as well, her name was Keshia Thomas.I also Highly recommend to look up her name to get the full story. Keshia said some pretty powerful things and the one that got me is when she explained how she was feeling when she saved a kkk member from a beating. Keshia was explaining that yes she thought what that kkk member was doing was wrong, but she did not believe that anyone deserves to be beaten up for their ideals. Violence will only create more violence and then nothing will be solved. What she then did was jump on that man and emanated love to try and protect him. Love will create more love. Keshia then said that she met someone that thanked her a lot for what she did and it turned out to be the son of that kkk member that she protected. Keshia created such a huge ripple effect of love, and what she got back in return was a lot more love; truly inspirational.

   I also met many people there that soon became my friends and inspiration. All of there positive outlook on life and there amazing company really helped me become more comfortable around them. When I first got to Alabama Greensboro I was scared and very nervous. I do not handle to well in a public place with many new people I do not know, do to my social phobia. Everyone there was so friendly and so welcoming, when Tom Callos asked the group to speak in front of everyone to give their views on how our experience was going so far.When my turn came I almost cried because I could feel how emotionally driven and the support I could feel from everyone there and the positivity. It overwhelmed me a bit. I was reminded of the meeting we have here every month. All those people in Greensboro Alabama did not even know me but supported me, just like how are I Ho Chaun group is in our very first meeting. We may not know each other yet but we support one another.

I would highly recommend this trip to anyone just so you could experience what I am feeling right now. I became closer to Khona, Melanie, and Dan. I have made so many new friends; I have never made so many in my life. I have become energized and inspired to try and accomplish more. This experience is life altering and I could not be happier.

    If by any chance anybody from the Alabama project happen to read this blog I just want to let you all know from the bottom of my heart you all changed my life forever and I thank all of you and hope to remain friends with you all in the future.

    Anyways I had to re write this blog a few times and I finally think I have a good one here. I will see you all in the next one so remember everyone stay extraordinary.

Sifu R. Langner

Thursday, 2 April 2015

Aha moments

Hello everyone, it has been quite the week for me in kung fu. I have finally finished my sai form, and I am still making more headway on melanie beckett's form. Her form is definitely a hard form for me to do. It force me to be relax then bring up the intensity then relax again. Technically I should be doing this already in all my forms, but I have had issues with doing this for a long time. So in her form the relaxing period and intense period are more defined and longer then the normal forms I know. For example in kempo those relaxing and intense moment mostly happen in a split second, where in the form I am learning you have a few seconds to think about what state of mind you should be in.
    I know in kempo there are moments where you have the exact same time to think about it, so in reality as I am thinking about kempo and the form I am learning they both have the similarities of having time to think about what state of mind you should be in.
    I have just had an "aha!" moment here I was thinking that the two forms were very different in the style of relaxing the becoming intense again, but they really don't. Of course they are to completely different forms, but there is lots of times in kempo where you have time to be relax, but then need to intensify soon after.
   I love blogging I can discover so much from just putting it down on the blog. This is why blogging is so important. It keeps me at a different engagement level I feel. If I just show up to all my classes and keep doing my push ups and sit ups, and keep practicing my forms. I am still engaged, but at a different level. Blogging for me put me in a whole nother level mentally and sometimes I can fix or solve my problems just by blogging.
    Anyways that is all I have for now, so remember everyone stay extraordinary.

Sifu R. Langner

Sunday, 8 March 2015

Forms and other things

Hello everyone this is my 4th year in I Ho Chuan, and I think this is one of my better starts to it. I am up to date with my push ups and sit ups, and my forms are in progress. The only thing missing from this new year is my blogging.
I would like to say I have already somewhat injured my shoulder form all the push ups I have been doing. I have not stoped my number for the push up, but rather changed how I accomplish them. I am doing tricep pushs for the moment until my shoulder fully heals. Also I have recently injured my tail bone slighty. for me when I do sit ups I would normally have a cushion or something there to make it eaier on my tailbone, but I went to fitness class and we did so many sit ups. It was awesome. So now I am doing leg lifts to keep up my numbers. Again these injurys are not super bad, but could become worse if I were to aggravate it. So right now I could not be happier about all of this.
      Now for my forms one is getting a little frustrating and the other one is a whole new world. I am doing sai's this year, and I hae done them before. So this year I am trying to come up with my own form. I am getting stuck quite a bit, but I am moving forwards, if I am stuck I ask a fellow I Ho Chuan member and they might suggest something to me I was not even thinking about and then I am able to move forward. Or I will see someone elses form and be inspired to adapted it to my own. I may be feeling frustrated at some points, but I am having so much fun. Also the other form I am learning is just the most mind blowing form I have ever attempted; making me more excited about all the other forms I already know. Because what I am learning right now in this other form I know I can apply some of the same concepts into the forms I already know. It's just amazing. This amazing form that is being taught to me is being show to me by the new black belt Sifu Melanie Beckett. (thank you so much for teaching me).
    I said this in the meeting, but I will say it again, every year in I Ho Chuan in the beginning we always have the full force of the I Ho Chuan team participating, but as the months go on we end up losing sometime half of what we originally started and that becomes the core I Ho Chuan team. It normally happens this way, because some people just have life happen and it can't be helped and they pull away from the I Ho Chuan. Or I Ho Chuan becomes more of a task that you have to do, rather than the extraordinary opportunity I Ho Chuan really is. When people stop seeing the value in why we do all of the requirements, some we become lost or frustrated, or even scrared. If you ever get to this stage in the I Ho Chuan ask any I Ho Chuan member for some help, don't feel afraid or judged apon, becasue the I Ho Chuan group for me is like the best family you could ever have and will support you and cheer you on and remind you why you joined I Ho Chuan in the first place.
      I Ho Chuan is intense, but will it change your life forever if you let it. No one will ever force you to do all the requirments in I Ho Chuan(it is prefered if you could get them done, but never forced). People in I Ho Chuan will support you, guide you, and listen to you. I cannot express enough how much of a suportive life changing event I Ho Chuan will be for you, because it has certainly changed mine
       Also what I have learned in what a pass and fail is considered in I Ho Chuan. If you do not get all your numbers done or even all your personal requirment fulfilled, this might be considered a rough year, but a failure? depends. If you have a year like this, but you gave it your all to complete the tasks and even after you are done the I Ho Chuan year and still plan to finish your goals and the requirements; then that would be considered a pass. Because you understand the vaule in the requirements and you are not giving up, and have changed your life forever for the better. Becoming a better you to me will always be seen as a pass.
    Anyways I have rambled on long enough so with this I will end it with what I truly belive. So remeber everyone stay extraordinary.

Sifu R. Langner

Thursday, 19 February 2015

I Ho Chuan: The Experience

Hello everyone I just thouhgt I would give you my thoughts on what I Ho Chuan is for me. I Ho Chuan for me is an event that gives you the chance to grow, a chance to improve yourself, a chance to change your environment and the people around you, a chance for failure, a chance for sucess, a chacne to get an opportunity, achance to make an opportunity, a chance to become extraordinary, a chance to witness the extraordinary, a chance to build new relationships, a chance to mend old ones, a chance to become more mindful of your actions and of those around you, a chance to make a difference.
    These are all things that I belive I Ho Chuan to be and there is most likely more to add, but for now this is all I can think of right now; if you have your own you would like to add feel free to add in the comments.
    I Ho Chuan for me is always the most craziest ride I have ever been on, ever year that I have been apart of this amazing opprotunity, I have experienced all of the things I listed above. Every year the list to what I Ho Chuan is to me grows bigger. Although I have experienced all of these things, I remind myself that none of this was possible if I did not apply myself, or jump on the opprotunity that I Ho Chaun offers me. No ones forces you to do anything, but the amount of opprotunitys given are amazing. I know that it is up to me to take the opprotunitys given to me and try and use it to the best of my abilities. This part is what I would call individual growth.
   Some of my best memories in I Ho Chuan is when I have been apart of the demos and the dragon, and a new one for me this year the lion. Doing the lion this year has been a humbling experience. I have always had great respect for lion dancers, and now it has grown immensely. I used to think lion dancers just did whatever they wanted and the drummer was at the mercy at what the lion did, but it is so much more than that. Being a lion dancer is all about communication between you the audience and the drummer. There is a way the lion moves and dances that tells a story to everyone wacthing you. The loin lets you know how it is doing, when it is excited, when it is curious, when it is aggressive, and so much more. I Ho Chuan gave me this opportunity to experience such an amazing adventure. This part I would call social growth.
   I Ho Chuan is always amazing for me and I don't know how my life would be like now without it. I really don't know how I lived my life pre I Ho Chuan. Well that is everything I have to say for now so remember stay extraordinary.

Also I was asked to repost this for when the new I Ho Chuan year started so here it is http://randylangner789.blogspot.ca/2014/11/hello-numbers.html all about those numbers.

Sifu R. Langner

Thursday, 8 January 2015

Strength and Stamina

Hello everyone I have been training a lot lately. I have been running and going to the gym working out with my Dad. I have been learning a lot about myself doing this. For one I am not the type of person who enjoys doing any of this stuff; I find it boring. Then you ask me then why are you working out and running then? To tell you the truth I know all the standard reason on why working out is good for you like it will make you healthier, improve your cardio, and build some muscle, and lose weight. Oddly enough I don't do it for any of those reasons. I do want to be like that, but it is not my motivation. I am trying to become a cop so you have to be fit, but even then I don't think that is my motivation. I think my motivtion could be my Dad.
When I first started running I ran 3.2 kms non- stop and I was dead. My legs felt like jelly and I did not want to do it anymore, but then my Dad said you have to keep up with it or else you will see no progress. So I did it a second day same 3.2 kms, but I still did not see any improvement. Which is ridiculous for me to expect results that fast. Then by the time it was my 5th day of running my Dad said today we will be going 5 kms. I began to stress out, he told me to not to worry about it and just focus on my breathing. Which I did after the run I was dead again, and complaining to my father I am still out of breath and not getting any better. I took a day off then my Dad said let go to spruce and run in the parks. So we did. He told me we are going to run today 10 kms i looked at him like he was crazy, but we ended up starting anyways. Now I started to complain a lot around the 5 km mark and I told him I wanted to give up, but he just said keep going and breath. So eventually we actually complete the 10 kms and I was dead once again and feeling bad about myself still being out of breath and jelly legs. I felt like I should of done better I should be better. He just told me will do this again tomorrow. I was doubtful, but we did it again anyways. Each time we did it I was not happy and thought I was not seeing any results and I still was not enjoying running. Then he told me you acutally have improved a lot you are now running 10 kms in 1 hour and you are no longer breathing hard and you still have energy. In actuality I imporved a lot greatly in a short amout of time, but he pushed me every time we ran, becasue I was getting better. I can't belive I have been doing kung fu for this long and I never once thought of putting the same rules of getting better in kung fu as for getting better at running. I was not thinking cleary, because I was doing something I did not enjoy. In kung fu you do not get better, by just assuming you show up and do it two times and now you are a master.
You have to push yourself harder and continuously keep trying and showing up to improve upon yourself. If you don't do anything you will never see any improvement, if you try don't expect improvement to happen in 2 seconds. I know you have to work at it for a long time to get better at anything, and I have to open my eyes more when I actually do get better, because if I don't i won't be progressing wisely, I will be progressing recklessly. I know my blog kinda wonder a bit, but it just seems to be the way I write. As for why I do run and work out; it is definetly because of my Dad I enjoy doing stuff with him I want to become better so he can be proud of me and my accomplishments. I have learned that as a black belt I have so much more to learn, but I have to acknowledge my accomplishments and not be to hard on myself. It is good to have high standards, but I have to recognize too when I have met them. I will burn out if I don't. Everything I just put here are things I already knew, but some where I forgot about them. Anyways I hope what I wrote here makes sense and I would liked to say to everyone remember stay extraordinary (and recognize when you are extraordinary).

Sifu R. Langner