Martial Arts has changed my life. I've been training for 3 years now, and it's had a profound effect on who I am, physically and mentally. I had always thought of myself as a self confident and centered person with high self esteem, and then after getting involved in martial arts, and growing in those areas... I realized with that growth that I had a lot of growing to do.
Well, we finally got around to taking some pictures at the dojo tonight after class, and here are a few of the snaps that we came up with. (Pushups from the splits is one of my least favorite activities, the only thing that makes it worse is if they're on your knuckles.. or, fingertips.. blech!)
On
the other hand, my favorite technique is the roundhouse kick. Faking
roundhouse in particular.
I like kicking in general, though kickboxing relies on a lot of upper body
boxing technique. Personally, I'm
more comfortable with my opponent a full legs length away than arms
length.
The level I'm at now, we've started to work on jumping spinning kicks, and I can't say that I'm enjoying it. spinning kicks: fun, Jumping kicks: fun. Trying to propel 200 pounds of Katt into the air in a jump while spinning and kicking... NOT FUN. My main motivation for losing weight right now is to have less of me to throw around, so I don't get held back in my training.
In
yesterdays journal I talked about making lifestyle changes, and reconnecting
with the person that I want to be, and I was happy with today for the most
part. woke up at 9:30 (which was reasonable since I was asleep at 2:30) did a
half hour meditation, quick stretch, had some cold green tea with ginseng and
took my vitamins (good girl!) though my multi vitamins had expired, so I have
to go vitamin shopping when I have money again.
I then worked on the site till it was time to go to work work.. which was just a 4 hour shift from 3-7, then to the dojo to train, now home in the evening to write my journal entry. Food was mostly good today... and I was going to go to yoga at noon but skipped... but over-all... Pleased with the day. My motto - one day at a time. Every day counts, every hour counts, every minute counts, every breath, every thought, every moment... precious. Don't take them for granted. Live in the now. experience, learn, connect, move...
Movement
life’s
flow lifts and carries me along
a
taoist dreamscape
a
watery reality
to
be the reed that bends
letting
the ripples shift my position
more
than the rooted stalk of river grass
to
tuck away my leaves and grow fins and gills
so
that I may surf the currents
learning
the way
the
world unfolds
delicately
tumbling
and
leaving nothing to chance
where
Shiva and Kali come to dance
among
the atoms and aeons
I
unravel my being
the
blossoming lotus
floating in the stream...
It
helps to have good people around to connect with, both locally and in the
cyber realm on my site.
I missed yoga this morning chatting and connecting with a site member, and I think of all the things I do in life... sharing intimacy with other people is one of the things I value most (hence you hear all about everything here... a private person I am not).
So I have no regrets on that use of my time.
Though now it is definitely time for me to pack in for this journal entry... I still haven't hit the showers since my class tonight, and I'm not getting any fresher sitting here. <smile> If I have any chance of competing with the book that Wolfe is reading... I need to be smelling like sandalwood and jasmine and not boxing gloves and sweat.
XOXOX....
POW!
