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
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