Stiff

 So after last class or rather during I found myself feeling very stiff. Even after warm up my muscles were still not stretched out enough. After I stayed for some open training I really stretched my cavlves and shin area. I found after really stretching I was able to achieve better forms. 

  It is a very basic step, but shows me my training in my room is not sufficient space. I shorten my stances and not really committing to many moves, because space is limited. 

  I would also say it was the first time I was actually happy with how my form felt after some stretching and what I was trying t focus on. 

  I was just trying to focus on stance and how deep I was in them. I would say I need to build strength in my legs still, but also do more stretching. 

  I have been very light on myself as far as physicality goes. The push ups and sit ups have helped, but turns out I have just been turning out numbers for forms rather than quality. I know it is sometimes still important to get something on rather than zero.

 Doing zero is worse than doing 1 ok form. I think doing to many just get the numbers in forms can hurt me for the quality of forms I will produce, but it does serve a purpose of keeping how the form works and still connected to kung fu.

  I have done some more purposeful training with my forms and it feels way better. I still need to now bring stretches back into my life as well. I also noticed how being overweight really affects my movement and how I execute myself. I always knew being heavier plays into everything it just hit me harder for the class.

  So I have lots to reinforce and reinstate into my physical and mental being. I am always on the re learning cycle about who I am and how I work. So a road is before me to go on and I will certainly try to succeed on this path.

 Thank you for taking the time to read my blog and looking forward to seeing what else will come my way. Anyways here are some numbers

Acts of kindness: 90

Km: 80

Sit ups: 200

Push ups: 160

Da mu hsing: 20

Drum stick form: 20

Spar: 0

Elliptical(minutes):300

Social outings:0

Family or Friends contacted:1