It has been another great training week, even with the challenges of food on the holidays and traveling to Montana for Christmas. There is a great gym here to train and I was able to get my three hour forms work out in the day before we left. Our 12 hour drive day was a rest day. My first day in Montana did a two hour workout going through each form four times medium speed in four different directions and then each form twice fast. I had a real nice stretch afterwards. The next day I did all…

I did it! 3 hours and 1 minute of forms. Ohhhhhhh I'm tired, but it felt good. I did each form facing four different directions. If I messed up, I did it again. Once I finished the sword in 4 different directions (5 really because I ended facing the wrong direction and did it again), I did each form at Tai Chi speed - low and slow. I got my wind back during this time, but my legs were burning. I continued and did each form as fast as I could, twice each. This left me 15 minutes left to hit…

I keep hearing that phrase in my head. "Do more forms!" On Monday I did all 15 forms in four different directions at medium speed, each form at Tai Chi speed once, and each form twice at fast speed. I also threw in some staff and sword basics. When all was said and done it was a 2 hour and 45 minute workout. The 2nd degree test is 3 hours. I am getting close :) Tuesday was a rest day. Wednesday was a light hour long work-out focusing on technical placement. Thursday, today, was another hard…

It has been a good push to be taking my forms deeper and stronger in understanding and practice. This past week I did a two hour workout on Monday. It consisted of each form, medium speed, in four different directions. I then did Sword, Little Mantis, Wallum 2nd form, Wallum Big 1st Form, 7 Kicks, and Staff at Tai Chi speed to hit the two hour mark. Tuesday I worked my staff basics and sword basics with a good stretch to give my legs a break. Wednesday I did each form once at Tai Chi speed…