Test Subject

I have always really like being the test subject for doing techniques. I have always enjoyed it, because it gives a great insight in how someone might react after being hit a certain way. As the test subject you must think what will happen to you if you got hit, or applied the certain technique on you. If you get hit really hard in the stomach do you know what the real reaction would be? Would you think"HA did you break your finger when you hit me" or do you think " oof thats gonna keep me down for the count"
The cool thing is yes to both. It may affect you individually different but some will act the other. So when being the test subject you have to work with the person and react accordingly. The interesting thing too is some techniques actually finish off the opponent sooner rather then later. some might have five steps till you done with them, but in actuality you could of finished them off on the second step. They're reason to why there is extra steps, because you could be facing that first guy.There is the empathy that you have to develop to think how would you react when hit.
    I really learn so much when I am the test subject. I learn more about myself and learn more about the certain techniques that are practiced.


Sifu Langner

Thinking of One Thing

I can't stop thinking of one thing right now. Some may know what that one thing is. I also feel it's not right to absolutely tell everyone yet. I may have inadvertently done it anyways. So I know this blog won't make any sense because I'm not revealing the subject of the matter. 

  What I can say is I'm super happy right now. I am experiencing new and wonderful things. I can't stop thinking of the one thing. Unfortunately because of the one thing I can't think of anything else to write about.All I want to do right now is talk about that one thing. 

I feel like I did my best to mask it, but the same time not. You either figured it out, or you already know, or I did a good job.

I am absolutely in a good place right now.

Sifu Langner

Expectations

I've been learning a lot about expectations lately. Having them and not having them.
 If you have expectations they can lead to disappointment, being let down. People can meet or supersede your expectations or fall short. Your expectations can be for yourself which could drive you to greater things, or for the people around you hoping more for them, or simply having expectations of food being tasty. Having expectations can lead to being hurt, or onto great and wonderful things. It is simply having faith in yourself or others.
  Not having expectations leads to great surprises, no pressure to please, no way of disappointment. If you don't expect someone to do something anyways. When they don't do it you won't be shocked by it. Oddly enough not having expectations of someone is exactly having expectations for them just your expectations are nothing.
In my own personal opinion I believe living with expectations will have better results. I do believe there's more pressure, and more responsibility when it comes to expectations. In the long run of things I believe if you can expect more of yourself you'll drive yourself to become better and do more things, if you expect more from your friends and family then maybe they will try more as well. Unfortunately it could lead to failure. Such as life. if our expectations are set too high and are unrealistic they are doomed to fail and you build resentment. If you build expectations that are achievable and attainable you can gain great achievements for yourself. If you build expectations within the realm of possibility for those around you they too can achieve greatness. I believe expectations can drive you to greater possibilities in life, but also hurt you. I've been hanging out with this person lately and they got hurt a lot by putting expectations on others then they failed them. The expectations they were expecting out of these people weren't that high, very doable, but the people felt such a simple task and it hurt them. Now I feel sad for them they don't want to live their life with any expectations, because you can't get hurt if you don't expect it. So when they do fail you saw it coming. I would like to change their mind about expectation someday, but that might take a bit of time.


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My Journey

My life has changed so much since I came back to Kung Fu. I used to be an anti social, social phobic, anti life, and 310 lbs. I also used to hate and resent Kung Fu. I thought everything they did was a hoop to jump through. Any changes they made I thought they were just trying to make becoming a black belt an impossibility. I quit for 3 years.

 Later I realized any changes that were made in Kung Fu was to help and make a better black belts. I also realized I approached the whole situation incorrectly. I made getting the black belt a prize to be won. There goal was never to make it a prize to be had, but a journey to be on the path towards mastery. It was a journey towards becoming a better person, helping me get out of my comfort zone, pushing me to be better then the day before. Making me more self aware when mediocracy creeps in and how to expel it. 

  I now thankful and appreciate every day the miracle the fact I started Kung Fu at all. It has help me calm my anger. It has helped me become more social; finding new friends (great ones). I lost all my weight to now a comfortable 200. I do love life a more. Now I am learning Japanese. I have grown so much more this past year as well. Moving out on my own. It has changed both me and my parents for the better.
    All this was possible because Kung Fu and the I ho chuan has taught me to become the extraordinary and to appreciate the little things. I have learned to become more empathetic to others and myself. It is ok to like yourself. It has helped me in trying to stay in shape. It has helped me into always pushing the limits. It has also let me meet some crazy cool people.
   I thank you all for giving me the miracle of getting to know all of you, and for letting me grow into a better human being.


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Trust

Trust is something interesting to me. There are three type of people when it comes to trust when first meeting someone new. One is the person who immediately trust you when they first meet you. Putting there faith into humanity that you are someone to trust and rely on. It's not that they are a fools to do so, it just means they are trying to see the best in you right off the hop. This could lead to problematic situations, like trusting the wrong people that could hurt you or someone you care about.Second one is the person who will kinda trusts you, but kinda don't as well. These are the people that will be on the fence thinking whether or not they can trust you. They will trust you to go do a task, but then double check that you did the task right. Not a bad thing it is probably the most practice way of trust. Third person is the trust no one type. Now this seems like it could be a really bad thing, but these are also normally people that have had there trust broken many times, so it is just better for them to assume the worst in you. They are more cautious for sure, but then when they find someone they can trust that person is of high caliber.
 So in my opinion none of these people are wrong in the way they trust new people. They all have there benefits to them and there draw backs. I personally think everyone has a level of trust they all give everyone when they first meet someone. I believe trust is can always be earned and built upon, but that normally takes years, months, days, or a few seconds; depending what your ideal of trust is. I believe hard work in earning trust. Unfortunately trust is also the most easiest thing to lose. You could of built this great deal of trust with someone and lose it all in a blink of an eye. Starting from scratch again. Now there is a big dilemma to trust them again or not at all. Is the person worth your time and effort to regain there trust? Was it an honest mistake? Can they learn from this?
   I think trust is interesting because at kung fu as instructors, they have to trust you that you will practice and respect others and not abuse what you are learning. Students have to trust the instructors that they are being lead down the correct path and not being lead astray. It is a relationship that is formed right off the bat that tends to not waver all the way until you make it to becoming an instructor and the process repeats itself.
  For me trust can be easily lost, but grown anew depending on the situation. I would say I am all three people. I meet some people I trust right away, most of those people are at kung fu. I am normally on the fence about people when it comes to work. I don't know if they are any good at there job, and will double check there work after there done, which in return will either build my trust in  them or diminish it. I don't trust any girl that shows interested in me. So many girls that I have met that showed romantic interest in me at all turned out to be scams. So when a girl is interested in me my alarms go up, because that never happens to me, and when it does it was just a scam. I am not even sure if I would know what it would be like if a woman did like me for real. To me it just seems like a fantasy that it would never happen. I have been burned way to many times to trust that a woman would actually be into me, but in the end I still have to put some trust out there every time, if I ever want to meet someone.
  I have lost trust, gain trust, and earned trust and given trust. Trust is so much more then what I wrote here today. If I went through everything I thought about trust it would be an even longer blog. I will end it here for now. Have a good day!!


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Kindness and Missed Opportunities

So the other day I went to a bar after work with a bunch of coworkers. It's not like I drunk anything; since I dislike the taste of alcohol. I still had fun hanging out with everyone anyways.
The strange thing about that night I was refused to achieve an act of kindness. I am still counting it but it seems weird to. I offered to pay the bill for everyone; there was only like five or six of us. The waitress did put everything on one bill and I did pay it all. Then immediately everyone gave me twenty bucks afterwards. Nullifying the act of me paying for them, but I still managed to pay for one person. Unfortunately the next day that person came in with $10 and gave it to me to pay for their share. I tried telling them all that this is okay and I was okay with flipping the bill, but in the end I ended up just paying for my own meal and a tip.
I also realized I don't talk a lot about my kung fu on here. Which makes me realize how little I'm actually doing in the sense of training. Not much to talk about when you don't practice. I really do miss going to classes. I do realize that is kung fu every day in our lives. That everyday is an opportunity to practice kung fu. I think that's what blacks in my life right now. Me not taking the time to practice my kung fu whenever I have the chance. I have about an hour or two every day before I go to work. I know it's doable because there's people I go to work with that go to the gym everyday before we they go to work. If they can do something they love then I think I can do something I love.


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Timing

So when I went open trading this Saturday, I noticed my timing felt all off. I would throw a front thrust or a side heel and it would feel disconnected.  Some kicks felt like I used only my leg to kick others felt like I use my hip and forgot my leg. I was able to throws some good kicks just was really weird.


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The Middleman

Something happened to me today that hasn't happened in a while. I was the middleman for a dispute between family members. This time was a little different though. Normally I'm the one who has to be calming one family member down or the other. Then I rationalized and calmly speak to the other one to clearly state what the other party was trying to say. 

  This time though one family member just ask me for advice and how to approach the other person. I gave them my advice and then they followed through with it. The outcome was as I predicted. It got a bit messy, but the person did not want to make me the middleman. They were trying to figure it out on their own. After they talked to that person they called me back and said how it went and thank me for the advice. Then the other side called me and I had a good idea why. I knew their mannerisms and how they would react then I pointed them out and rationalized the other party's grief. 

  The thing is though they both felt a lot better after they talked with me. I guess that makes me feel good that I can help my family when they need it, and I know they're trying to learn to become better people.

  I just think having family members that are quick to upset or anger I got used to always being the calm one. Which is ironic when I went to school in junior high I was a very angry kid and now I try to keep my anger under control.  I try to keep calm most of the time. 

  I think that the reason why the middleman works is because the  middleman is normally a neutral party, and is trying to understand both sides. Then on top of that explaining the side of one party to the other and vice versa. It's like the illusion of the person who's in the middle has no invested interest in the dispute but they can see it with a clear mind. 

   I've already been into two talks this week that was just airing the grievances. I'm surrounded by good people who if we have issues with one another we don't let it sit in boil to get to a point where we resent and hate each other. We bring it up almost as soon as it happens, almost. we try to solve the problem right then and there and it normally ends with a hug or a handshake depending on parties. 

  Sometimes I think though the hardest thing to tell someone is the truth and sometimes the truth hurts. All I know is if something is making you unhappy, or angry,or sad and it's being caused by a loved one even if it's unintentional. It's good to let them know because they might not know what they are doing.  I've learned a lot about being the middleman it's being calm, collective, patient, sympathetic, rational, caring, understanding, empathetic, and a good listener. I don't add or say anything extra. Normally when I'm the middle man I just point out what I know, what the facts are between them, and what each of them are trying to convey, and how they feel. 

  I would not say I enjoy being the middleman, but sometimes someone's got to do it. I've gained quite a lot of good skills out of being one. 

Sifu Langner

Peanut Butter Blogging Time

I did not forget about blogging, ok maybe a little. So my engagement in my Kung Fu has gone way done since I started this new night shift job. The only days I go to Kung Fu is on Saturday. I miss my classes and the ones I got to help in. Also I keep forgetting about Monday, and Wednesday morning classes. Even as I write this blog I realized I forgot that it was Monday. 

  I did not get to stay very long at the potato bake but it was a lot of fun. Potatoes were amazing, and I enjoyed our private performance.

  Also I thought it was kinda cool that I learned there is a group of cool people that play tag every year. Reminds me of that movie about those friends that played every year for a month no matter what. Literally they tagged this one guy when he wife was actually having a baby; delivery day. Those group of friends did it so they would never lose touch with each other. It's such a simple thing but powerful at the same time.  

  One more thing peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with banana in them are amazing.

  

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Super Fun Time

So I have not wrote in awhile, so here is an update. I have to thank everyone that did not give me a time or day to be by myself during a pretty low time for me when I lost my job. I appreciate all the help and company you all provided me with and I am truly grateful for that. It helped me greatly.
  Then I found a job I was so happy that I could work again in such a short amount of time, that I did not look at the schedule of the shift. Now I start work at 3:30 P. M. So no more afternoon Kung fu, but there will still be morning kung fu.
  I got to go on a short motorcycle trip recently and it was so much fun. Just getting to enjoy the wind, and the road, and some of the sites I got to see, and most importantly the riding of the motorcycle.
 Also I realized today that some other people at kung fu are also playing D & D. Which got me hyped for my own game that I played tonight. I don't meet to many people who like or even know what D&D is. It's just awesome.
  Now I realized I have written so many negative blogs I am having a hard time blogging about the positive things in my life. I guess I am just gonna have to keep writing weekly and get better at it.
I will hopefully start becoming more consistent with my blogs from now on, and I realized I was gonna blog on Saturday, but I forgot my day does not end until like 3:00 A.M; so I thought I was still on the same day.


Sifu Langner

I Need to be Proud of my Life

So I got laid off this Friday. I know I am in a trade where that can happen a lot. I also was told this could happen when I rejoined them since they said the job was winding down had they had no other prospects. Even though I have finally finished all of my school being a fourth year or a brand new journeyman is the hardest thing to do right now, because we cost just a little to much and we don't have 30 years of experience yet.
    This will be the second time in my life I have ever been laid off. Once I would say was unjustly, but this time it was just cost effective. Cheaper to have a 3rd year who can do what I was working on rather than a 4th year. This is my first time going through money troubles though. Normally I would be living at home and built a bit of a nest egg and I would not worry to much but this time I have rent to pay. I would not say I am hurting for money yet, but it is uncomfortably low for me. I am glad I got to work what I could, which helped greatly, but I wish it was longer. I was running a little low just after school so I really needed this money more then ever.
  I almost wonder if it was the right decision to move out. On purely the money standpoint no it was not, but on the personal level I think I have made some great leaps and strides in growing as a person. I also realize more then ever that I am a late bloomer in the sense that most people my age have already lived that life and they are currently have a family and a house they are trying to pay off.
  It is sometimes hard to think how far behind I am in life when I think about it. I have no kids, no wife, no home of my own. I wish all my rent money was going towards my home instead of someone else's.
   Being laid off has put me in a very dark place. I know my biggest flaw is I want a special someone some day yet I do nothing about it, because I am to nervous to go to clubs to meet someone. If I do get a date, it always never feels right and there is never any interest from them for me. It is hard to be confident in myself when it seems to mean nothing. I hate being alone, it is the worst. The freedom of single life is worthless. I have spent over 30 years alone. I just want it to end, the silence, the knowing of going home to nothing, the not knowing if I will ever meet someone. It's hard not knowing what it feels like to have someone like you in a romantic way.
  I am thankful for my parents, and my great friends, and my Kung fu. Without them I would truly have nothing. Kung fu is the one place I don't feel like that. It is one the place I feel like where I have the potential to change my life.
  Jeff and I were talking once when I was in a dark place and I don't remember how it came about, but it is a saying that came out of nowhere and I wrote it on my fridge. It says "I need to be proud of my life" I feel like I say it and read it to myself everyday. I believe I am just trying to convince myself that those words are true. They have helped me a lot these words, and I hope one day I will believe them. Maybe if I keep reading and saying it every day I might believe it one day.

Sifu Langner

The Art of One

Hello so I have been thinking a lot lately about the power of just trying to master one technique. I have realize with how long I have been doing kung fu, I have had the great opportunity to do such a task. The thing about practicing one technique is that you get to see the intricacy of the move and how to make the technique become yours. When I speak of one technique I speak of moves like a horse stance, bow stance, thrust punch, and even push ups.
  I have practice just those techniques before, for maybe a week or two then I revisit them later. So a more off and on thing, but every time I revisit them I learn something new, and work harder to make them better. Whenever I practice these one moves I see sometime my timing is slightly off, or my intent has need to be more engaged, or my phrasing of the move it just not quite right. I learn these moves have to work for my body; while also using proper technique. I learn where the power comes from and why we apply our techniques the way we do. It is like going to the dictionary to look up a word you don't know, then you read what it means, then you find a unique way for yourself to remember the definition. When you figure a way to define it for yourself the word still means the same, but you now understand that word a lot better now that you studied it for a bit. 
  I can honestly say there is truly only one technique that I have been striving to master since I first learned the technique. That technique is the side heel thrust. When I first learned it I fell in love with the kick. One was because to me it looked the coolest. Two even when I was the worst student ever it was always the one thing I actually put effort into try and look the best in my class. Then when I returned to kung fu it was the first thing I started to perfect once again. Through the years of learning and trying to understand and master the side heel thrust, I realize I still have a long way to go before I have mastered the kick. I have learned so much about this one kick, even which muscle areas that help improve the kick if you make those muscles stronger. I truly love learning more all the time about this kick and I strive to be the best at this one technique.
  A huge but though even though I have spend so much time to master and understand all of these techniques I did not ignore the rest of my techniques if anything studying just one helped me improve others. The art of one is truly powerful if you put the time and effort into it.


Sifu Langner

Balance

I have been thinking about this since our meeting and I thought that balance in our life is never truly achieved forever. I have had times in my life where I have had everything figured out and balanced very nicely. I have also had moments where I am not even close to balance.
  I guess I am learning that we always strive for balance in our lives and we sometimes achieve it, but having balance in our lives can be a fragile thing. Just one little thing off kilter can completely put us off balance. I think in those moments is when you see a test of our adaptability to our situation and we see if we can return to balance. A huge thing I realized is that sometimes what used to be a balanced life for us is no longer valid and we must re-adjust our scales to fit our new lives; to once again achieve balance.
   I find it weird that if I ever achieved balance and then kept it for the rest of my life; I am not sure if I would enjoy it. I know I would like it for awhile, but is perfect balance the best? I don't think anyone can answer that question because I don't think anyone has ever achieved perfect balance. I believe a lot of people have had great balance for a period of time, but not forever. Oddly enough without imbalance there would be no such thing as balanced.
  So I guess you could say I believe that the real lesson behind trying to achieve balance is developing skills to adapt to life always.


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First Time

I really enjoyed our farmers day. It is always an opportunity to attend similar events, but have a different experience every time. I find myself  looking back and how much time has passed. Looking back to when I first came back to kung fu, when I went for my black belt, when I met three new friends, my first blog, my first motorcycle, my first time performing a lion dance, my first time behind the drums, moving out on my own, my first time holding a newborn.
  So many things have happen and it all seems like it was yesterday. I learned that the reason why we try to say some times you have to live in the moment it's because you really only have that single point in time to experience your moment. Once it has passed it will seem like it happened for only a second. That one second though will live forever in your memory's promising you that there will be more to come.

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Rusty

I am writing this blog to get back into things. I feel super rusty and I'm having a hard time of thinking of what I want to write right now. I feel it is better to put this then nothing at all, and as I write more I will get back into the swing of things. I guess you could say I do have things to say, but not a good way to say it right now. I would say I am in a state of high stress and having a great time; not at the same time. High stress would be school and a great time would be my kung fu. This blog feels like my very first blog. Well I hope to keep up the post weekly and maybe it will be more next time.

Sifu Langner

In The Moment

I notice that when I want to be in the moment I tend to miss it and it all happens to fast, but when I want it to be done now time slows down and I am meant to live every second of that moment. When I am really enjoying myself those are the times in my life where everything speeds up and I almost missed everything. When I am on the time where I wish it would be over; that's when I live every second of that day and it is the longest day.
So good example is when I am on a vacation time fly's by in a blink of an eye. When I become sick time stops almost and I see and experience everything.  I have had opportunity's to live in the moment of positivity, but I notice when it is something I don't like it is rather easy to do so in those moments.
  I would say I am not a push ups fan and whenever I do push ups It is an eternity until I finish what I can do, but I like sit ups and they are done in no time and I even do more.I was wondering why does my mind naturally do this? Is my mind a sadist? Why don't I naturally do it the other way and easily make the moment's in life I want to enjoy last forever, and the moment's that I don't like just be done with in seconds. I know these are only questions I can answer myself, but It be nice if it was a simple answer.
  Anyways I would say right now I am having a lot of fun with kung fu lately, because attending the Monday, Wednesday classes has been really interesting and an enjoyable experience for me. I look forward to new ways to learn and try and become a better teacher. I know I have a lot to learn still, but look forward to learning more.


Sifu Langner

Why do I live?

 I have always wondered why am I conscious of me and my surroundings. Why am I going through life? What am I trying to accomplish? Will I just be another human that lived during a random century, or will I become remembered in history for something? Do I want to be remembered in history?
    I feel like sometimes I exist to make others happy my parents, friends, family. I strive for a career that is interesting, but what else? I enjoy my hobbies, reading, Kung Fu, food, friends, but all of this feels just okay. I live for others because I would feel horrible if I was to cause anyone pain from me being gone. Is that alright though? to just live because others would be sad? I don't feel a strong drive for being alive. I feel as though I am here just until I am done then that's it. I want to accomplish things of course; like becoming a better black belt, becoming really good at my job, travelling more of the world. I would say starting a family, but I don't see that happening anytime soon. Rather it might never happen ever.
   I would say right now I am still striving for the most out of life. I know when I am with others I feel amazing and have tons of fun, but when I am by myself I am just in standby mode waiting for someone to come along so I may activate again and have fun. I do have genuine fun when I am doing any of these things I have said here, and sometimes can't wait until next time.
   I am just confused right now. I guess you could say a lot of this thought does stem from never being in a real relationship. Where someone wants you and is interested in you. You know it physically hurts my heart and I feel it whenever I think about that.  I want to share my life with someone, but I don't think I will ever get the chance. If I do, I feel like I will be on my death bed by the time I get to feel any of that.
  Well I don't like this blog. I don't like it when I do the whole "poor me" blog.

Sifu Langner

Thoughts

Hello I think I understand now why some people are happy when they find out there are not gonna live for a long time anymore. I have heard of a few stories where people find out they are gonna die, but then realize everything in life they used to be worrying about goes away, because they don't have to deal with life anymore. They find what truly makes them happy and go for it, because what is the worst that could happen when you already know what's the worst thing is going to be.
  It got me thinking about what are things do I worry about and what have I done to change them. I worry about my health, I worry of never meeting anyone, and being alone for the rest of my life, I worry about how well my family is doing. I worry how I will be able to react when two of my best friends leave me to pursue there wildest dreams.
   What have I done so far is I am taking better care of myself and more conscious of my well being and nutrition. I haven't really been looking to hard for someone  else to share my life with, I am good at finding very great woman that are already spoken for; so a no go. I am unsure if I should interfere with my parents problems. I fully support my friends chose in moving and would not them to do anything different. I just want them to be happy forever. I will deal and make new friends. I believe it is a skill we all have, some better at it than most.
   It was a lesson in I should not wait to be told I am only going to live for so much longer and just embrace living the best I can now.

   I think I know why some  were happy, because it is easier to die and much harder to live. 


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Great Night

Hello everyone what an amazing night that was. I just want to congratulate the three new black belts and three promoted black belt. What an amazing achievement you have all made. I think since I have been doing this banquet for so long that my year does not really start over until I have been to our banquet. This new year I am aiming to create big change. I want to be a bigger part of kung fu this year and a bigger part of I Ho Chuan this year. I do have a few plans of self improvement. I am in the pursuit of happiness for myself this year. I just hit the big 3 0 this year and I feel like life for me is about to start for me. When I turned 20 I did not feel this good. I can't think properly right now to blog because I am just so pumped about this year. I am gonna do some push ups right now then go to bed. GO PIG TEAM

Sifu Langner

What A Night

Hello everyone. My friends and I play games every Friday night. If we all can make it we play Dungeons and Dragons (D & D role playing game). If only some then we play other games like Talisman, Arkham Horror 1st, 2nd, or 3rd edition, or Pathfinder. We really enjoy this time, because we get so involved into the story some of these game make and some of the epic events that happen during the game.
    Well just this Friday we all were able to meet up and play our beloved D & D. It had been about 5 months since we played last, because one of our players had to leave for 5 months. So I was supper pumped about playing Friday; just because it has been so long. All in all the night went amazingly well. We talked, laughed, strategized, and of course role played.
    Once the game session was done for the night we ended up talk about it even more until 1:30 am. So as we always do we head out to our cars to head home, but this is where the night takes a turn. As I go to my car I see someone try and drive on the park grounds. Which I am closely parked buy. He ends up getting stuck. Inside I am thinking to myself "ha deserves you right for being an idiot". Then as I start my car and start to clean my car off. He comes out of the car and start to walk towards me. I am already thinking "oh no he is gonna ask for help and I already know I am going to say yes". I don't mind helping people out of unfortunate events, but ones they cause themselves by being purposely stupid I rather not, but I will still help, because it is still the right thing to do.
   So he ask me and I say yes, then my friends in the other vehicle were puling out to leave, then the man bangs on my friend 2 window (a bit hard) to ask him as well. My friend 2 opens the door and talks with him, but he was being a very rude towards him, but my friend 2 quickly diffuses the situation and says they will help too.
   Now this is where things get sketchy. The man open up the back door and leans in to grab my blind friend 3 out and tell him that he had to get out and help too. I quickly pull him back gently, because that was uncalled for, but the man reply's to my light physical gesture to moves back. Now my friend 1 who has endured the man banging on his car twice finally had enough after he went after his life long friend 3. he tell this man to leave and get out of here and no longer has any intentions to help him, but the man was not backing down. Maybe because my friend 1 looks like the king of all nerds, but I am thinking it was because this guy was drunk or on something. They were having a stare off and a few choice words.
  Then it happened he punch my friend 1 in the face and broke his glasses and gave him a bleeding nose. This is where I step in. I will absolutely not tolerate any harm to come to people I care about. I took him down in seconds. I applied a choke since I was directly behind him and corkscrewed down to the ground to immobilize him as quick as possible; he was not gonna hit my friend 1 a second time. I called my friend 2 over to help with keeping him restrained, because well friend 2 was the one that was gone for 5 months, because he was teaching a course in the army about tactics. He is also a military police officer. So me and him him had the guy secured. I asked my Friend 3 to call 911 and then me and friend 2 waited 15 minutes on the ground for the cops to show up. During that time he threaten to kill me or find me, but I was not gonna move, because I did not even know if he had a weapon on him. It was a chance I was not willing to take.

So I learned a lot about myself that night. I feel grateful for learning about grappling and how to use my body to the best of my advantage and how to use there own body against them. I learned since in this situation it might have been easier to just make him pass out, but I did not feel confident enough to apply the right amount of pressure for the right amount of time. In a different situation I would, but I felt safe enough and was worried if I made him pass out what other possible complications could arise. With the years of training I have had at kung fu and had been in altercations before. I was able to stay calm and collected and was able to control the situation right away. It was a long 15 mins, but I was in completely relax state while inflicting the proper amount of encouragement to the guy for him to stay still. 

It finally all ended about 3:30 am and I was finally able to go home and into bed so I could go to lion dance practice in 8 in halve hours. Well that was my night and hope to have no more, but I now know I have what it takes to protect people I care about.



Sifu Langner