Surf

Just saw this the other day and it made me think.  As we go through the challenges and opportunities that are put in front of every day we have two choices.  Let it hit us and do nothing about it or grab a surf board and enjoy it.

Hello darkness my old friend

For the last 7 months or so, I have trained without the help and guidance I had when I was a part of the I Ho Chuan team.  Kung Fu is an amazing mental conduit to gain cerebral strength.  But I have found that training on my own without a team is a tougher challenge.  There was a song written a year or so before I was born and a line from that song struck me  "Hello darkness my old friend".  I liken it to being in a void.

It is not that I am not training, as I am.  I have had a few injuries that have slowed some of the physical training but the mental training is continuous.  But it feels like the feedback that is necessary to improve is not there.

In nature continuous feedback is how things get better, and at its very basic and animalistic terms, it is how a species survives. But if this feedback is not there there is no forward movement or improvement.

I am glad that I will be back on the I Ho Chuan team for the year of the Rooster.  Already I feel that my creative thoughts are increasing and my physical strength is growing;  I am 5 months away from rejoining the team but what a great feeling.