My shoulder still hurts from the shows last week (I ran into a pillar and fell down a lot), but I can do pushups now. So that's something. For the record, all that was...kind of accidental. And totally worth it. I'm still taking it a bit easy so I don't make it worse.
Monday, June 29, 2009
warm and fuzzy
In Vancouver for the week, doing my challenge for the soul. Today I have to compliment (genuinely) someone every hour that I'm awake. This is an interesting one because compliments aren't normally something so mindful for me. I just compliment people when I have something to say. But it is a good idea, I should think, to be on a mission to make people feel good. Especially since in looking to compliment my friends and the like, I discover good things about others I hadn't known before.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
movie poster ambitions
This counts as last week's entry. Thinking that I had so little to do (that is, no job or school) has made me fill up my time more aggressively than normal, so blogging slipped my mind.
I'm back from Europe. It was fantastic. Often lacking the space, comfort or normal energy I bring to my usual training, I had to devise new ways to keep progressing and motivated. I was reflecting on this in Heathrow airport when I realized something important about progress.
Progress, I thought to myself, isn't just about skill or learning. Getting better as a martial artist means improving my kicks, punches, wisdom and compassion. But also it means improving how I approach my training. The best martial artists are the ones who are willing to adapt and improve how they train. I say they're the best because they will always improve at improving--which means that they will always get more bang for their buck.
Stunningly obvious, isn't it? I even said to myself, probably a little too loudly for sitting in a crowded airport, "well everyone knows that".
And we all do. But how many of us have taken the time to realize we know? I only fully got it two weeks ago, even though at school I've constantly honed how I study, research and write in order to allow my effort to take me further. So from now on, I'm going to start seriously examining how I train.
There is a 'challenge for the soul' that got kicked around Silent River last week. Once I've sold out and gotten a job (which will be in a few weeks) I'm going to do it. I want to wait until I'm around people more, especially strangers, because then I feel it'll have a greater impact. I admit straight up, there are parts of this I am not looking forward to doing--blogging about it even less. But after looking at the challenge I know that just means they will do me the most good. Stay tuned as I laugh, cry, love and show the world how just how far the bond between a small boy and his dog can go.
none of those things may actually happen.
I'm back from Europe. It was fantastic. Often lacking the space, comfort or normal energy I bring to my usual training, I had to devise new ways to keep progressing and motivated. I was reflecting on this in Heathrow airport when I realized something important about progress.
Progress, I thought to myself, isn't just about skill or learning. Getting better as a martial artist means improving my kicks, punches, wisdom and compassion. But also it means improving how I approach my training. The best martial artists are the ones who are willing to adapt and improve how they train. I say they're the best because they will always improve at improving--which means that they will always get more bang for their buck.
Stunningly obvious, isn't it? I even said to myself, probably a little too loudly for sitting in a crowded airport, "well everyone knows that".
And we all do. But how many of us have taken the time to realize we know? I only fully got it two weeks ago, even though at school I've constantly honed how I study, research and write in order to allow my effort to take me further. So from now on, I'm going to start seriously examining how I train.
There is a 'challenge for the soul' that got kicked around Silent River last week. Once I've sold out and gotten a job (which will be in a few weeks) I'm going to do it. I want to wait until I'm around people more, especially strangers, because then I feel it'll have a greater impact. I admit straight up, there are parts of this I am not looking forward to doing--blogging about it even less. But after looking at the challenge I know that just means they will do me the most good. Stay tuned as I laugh, cry, love and show the world how just how far the bond between a small boy and his dog can go.
none of those things may actually happen.
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