Be Flexible

One of my to do’s this year is to increase my flexibility and strength, a pretty broad statement but relevant none the less. Last night after playing my weekly baseball game I realized 1. I’m not in my twenties anymore and 2. I need to increase my both …wait for it … flexibility and strength in my back. I have seriously lost my mobility over the past few years. This is where stretching and conditioning is a must for me to maintain and then improve my past ability. My three main areas of focus are in my shoulders, lower back and hamstrings. Back catching for two hours each week has reminded me that I have some work to do on this. I feel it in my forms from time to time and must get it back. Sooo a daily stretching routine is now part of my focus, unless I can get knee and back replacement in the near future, just saying…. Sifu Bryant

Recharge

I have to admit this weekend couldn’t come any sooner. I was running pretty low on energy this past week and really needed that extra day to recharge and refocus. Now don’t get me wrong I didn’t just sit around and flip channels all day, I was busy doing a lot on my list. One thing I’m famous for is making lists, I am constantly making a To Do list for the day, week and beyond. This has always helped keep my thoughts together and stay well organized. This weekend I knocked a lot off of my To Do’s as well as spend a good deal of time working on my weapons forms. Over the past week I really had a few aha moments where there was little effort in manipulating my spear and feeling its flow. If I hadn’t pushed to work on it while I had fifteen minutes here or ten minutes there it would have been a lost opportunity. We all lose opportunities; I’m now just trying to maximize my opportunities more often now. It was a great weekend all in all, just wish I had used sunscreen yesterday, Judi is calling me lobster….stupid lobster….. Sifu Bryant

Happiness

I stumbled upon this video last week and thought it tied into what we set out to do for Pandamonium. The video really puts a different spin on what we perceive as happiness and what we all can learn from one single simple act of kindness. Again it never has to be big or expensive but purposeful in its intent to create positive change. How To Buy Happiness Sifu Bryant