Mountain Warrior Kung Fu Academy

Understanding Kung Fu for life, health and self defense

May 2015 Blog Posts (3)

Private lesson

Friday I was fortunate to have had a two hour private lesson with Sifu. He began by giving me guidance for my growth in the Kung fu post Black belt journey. He pointed out that it is important to keep practicing the basics, but to really focus on the movement of each action. We also discussed other growth secrets, which will help me work toward the ultimate goal of mastery.

After giving me guidance, he helped fine tune my wooden dummy set. I learned that there is a fine line between…

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Added by Jim Will on May 30, 2015 at 7:48am — 2 Comments

Spectacular hike!

Just a taste of our awesome hike yesterday.
Sunny day for the most part, then thunder clouds came in. Great view of mount Jefferson. Very serine high mountain lakes, about seven of them. Only got bitten three times by mosquitoes on the way out.we roasted organic hotdogs with sourdough wrapped around them over the firepit. Very fun.

Added by Jim Will on May 18, 2015 at 8:20am — No Comments

Saturday morning sweat!

While it was still shady this morning I dove into some Kung fu training. I started with each beginning form and did each one four times, forty minutes. I am trying to work up to at least one hour of forms training so I can take the first forms test.

Next I headed over to my wooden dummy and worked him over for twenty minutes. I tied my fastest time, then I beat that time by three seconds. I think the only reason I beat my best time is because during that set the dummy kicked me in the knee… Continue

Added by Jim Will on May 9, 2015 at 12:40pm — 2 Comments