Mountain Warrior Kung Fu Academy

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December 2009 Blog Posts (8)

Working Out

Friday was demo team and after that I did a 30 minute private on my forms. On Sunday I danced with Raquel and then I went home to walk Bella and Rocky up the hill. Today the Demo Team work-out. I added an extra 5 minutes on the heavy bag. I love hitting the heavy bag. I also added some dips, dance and of course stretching. Just wanted to remind everyone to get out and move your body with the holidays. It is so easy to put off working out the next couple of weeks and then most of the time it is… Continue

Added by suzanne sanders on December 21, 2009 at 6:06pm — No Comments

Organic vs.Poison

OK I am on a little bit of a rant this evening. I am so very tired of so many people looking at me like I am from Mars when I talk about eating Organic. You would think that I was talking about growing another nose or something else equaly ridiculous.

So I would very much like to see my students get off the sofa. Turn off the tele. go to the library and start doing a little research.

True organic food is much more than being more healthy for you. It is also much more… Continue

Added by Joseph Bronson on December 18, 2009 at 5:57pm — No Comments

Demo team workout

Today I did my demo team workout! It felt really good. I love spinning inside cresent kicks!!!

Added by suzanne sanders on December 16, 2009 at 5:48pm — No Comments

Feeling Good

Well Saturday was our second Black Belt class. It was great and thank you Mr. Bronson. As most of you know I have not been in class because of my MCS. I have been working really hard at becoming healthy. It has not been easily at all. I have to push like you would not believe. I have had to push through anger, tears, and tiredness but I used those emotions to get where I am today. Some people use it some let it take over. It has been 5 years of this and before that I was very athletic so there… Continue

Added by suzanne sanders on December 14, 2009 at 3:41pm — No Comments

Strong week

It was a week for hard training. I decided to try to take it up a notch in anticipation that I may have a green belt test coming in the coming month. Here is my training in review.

Monday: Chest and back. Core. Punches. Empty Hand flow drills. Hubbud.

Tuesday: Plyrometrics. Kicks. Class (where we focused on kicks quite a bit!) Hubbud work before class.

Wednesday: Shoulders and arms. Core. Stick and knife flow drills. Class. Hubbud work before… Continue

Added by Matt - a simple hobbit on December 12, 2009 at 7:11pm — No Comments

Finding happiness in 6 degree weather

Well, these last few days of cold are really pulling on me. The last couple of nights have been the worst. It just keeps getting colder. I think for sleeping it was about 16 degrees. Last night I was having one of my cold attacks which was the worst time to hit. What that is, is your body feels warm but your insides are chilled and no matter what you do you don't feel warm. So this morning when I woke up (I say woke up but I am not sure I even slept, Joseph said I did, I joked it was in 30… Continue

Added by suzanne sanders on December 9, 2009 at 8:37pm — No Comments

week in reflection

It has been another good week of training, though Mr. Bronson reminded us all that we still have room to work on our stamina and strength last class with monkey slides and Bronson push-ups. Here is my week in review.

Monday - stretching following a 12 hour drive home from Montana

Tuesday - Back and chest, core, punches, and empty hand flow drills, Kung-fu class, worked on joint locks before class

Wednesday - Noon hoops at Linfield, knife and stick flow… Continue

Added by Matt - a simple hobbit on December 4, 2009 at 4:53pm — No Comments

Holiday Experiment continued

I posted last week on the other mountain warrior website that I am going to conduct an experiment over the holidays in terms of eating and exercising. I am going to exercise more than I normally do and say no to sweets. I normally do eat well, but also tend to try to respect others who make sweets for us over the holidays by eating them. That pile is getting way too big. So far so good, but the past week I met a worthy challenger. This Thanksgiving while in Montana, there were pies galore. I… Continue

Added by Matt - a simple hobbit on December 1, 2009 at 3:06pm — 1 Comment