Mountain Warrior Kung Fu Academy

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January 2010 Blog Posts (8)

Green belt material

I was able to get the final pieces of my green belt material from Mr. Bronson today in a private class. I think he had a lot of fun with showing me the Jit Sao trapping. :)

I needed four more of the trapping lines. I hope to begin training these daily as I have with the rest of my green material. You may say to yourself, "Daily? That Datt Myment is over the top" This may be true, but - yes - daily. In order for me to ingrain new material I have found that I must give it attention… Continue

Added by Matt - a simple hobbit on January 27, 2010 at 7:59pm — No Comments

Root Chai

7 cups boiling water

2 Tbs. dried ginger or fresh

1 tsp. dried dandelion root, burdock root, licorice root

1Tbs. cardamom

1/4 cup black tea or a little more or a little less ( I like Irish black tea, of course organic)

3 cups organic vanilla oat milk

Simmer spices in boiling water for 15 minutes. Then add the milk and warm back up to a simmer. Add the black tea and steep for not more than 3 minutes. Steeping longer can make it bitter. I usually dont' notice that… Continue

Added by suzanne sanders on January 27, 2010 at 3:39pm — No Comments

Stuff

plans for this week on my martial arts journey: Help teaching a kids class on monday and an adult class on tuesday. I am working as a black belt on my community service project and am hoping to have that going this next month

Added by Jason Jones on January 24, 2010 at 1:05pm — No Comments

A slight adjustment with training

As we have embarked on this new way of training, I have decided to morph my weekly training outside of class just a bit. I no longer try to fit in hubub or joint locks outside of class for the moment. I am going to use the extra time to put towards my new green belt material. Here is my goal for a good week of training:

Monday: Chest and back, core, punches and empty hand flow drills. Kung-Fu class.

Tuesday: Plyrometrics, kicks.

Wednesday: Shoulders and arms.… Continue

Added by Matt - a simple hobbit on January 14, 2010 at 6:25pm — 1 Comment

A couple of days staying away from town/recap on goals

It seems the more I come into town and take my kids shopping for their needs my body has some terrible side effects from it. This time swollen tong and sore lymp nodes on my neck, not fun! Jospeh and I joked that it is a great way to save money, if I didn't take the kids shoping anymore! It felt great to just be out there breathing the fresh air. Of course I am still walking/running up the hill. I start my day with taking carnatine and a greens drink. Then it is walk run with Bella, Rocky, and… Continue

Added by suzanne sanders on January 13, 2010 at 6:39pm — 1 Comment

the end of 09 and the beginning of 10

2009 was an amazing year for growing and learning. Here were some of my goals ...

Jan. 09 I was a Orange Belt. My goal was to become a Green Belt by Jan. 1, 2010. I achieved Green belt right before Christmas!

In Jan. 09 I was enrolled in a Higher Education degree program. I had eight classes left to finished the Masters program by 2010. I graduated with honors Dec. 14th 2009.

In Jan. 09 I committed to climb 5 mountain peaks in the year of 2009. I climbed Mt.… Continue

Added by Matt - a simple hobbit on January 12, 2010 at 2:09pm — No Comments

The ultimate workout

A couple of days ago Joseph and I started are usual workout up the hill with Bella and Rocky. It is a pretty steep hill. I usually start with Bella and Joseph has Rocky. On this day Bella was in a more relaxed mood and I found myself pulling her more. Usually she runs and I have to try to keep up. I always end up doing lots of cirlcles with her as we are going up. I do this to catch my breath and of course she is faster than I. Half way up Joseph took her because we needed her to run, she has… Continue

Added by suzanne sanders on January 9, 2010 at 3:58pm — No Comments

Working Out

This is a new year! my recent start to a new year is I am being kungfu in every thing in my life. I am recently starting school! I am going to the best and achieve!
I am also doing my work outs everyday except one day to rest :]

Added by Raquel Sanders on January 4, 2010 at 10:31pm — No Comments