Wednesday, September 26, 2007

commentary: endurance sports and kung fu (part 5) - functional strength and flexibility (angles and range of motion)

this is a cross-post from my Ironman blog:

http://jonathaninthedistance.blogspot.com/2007/09/endurance-sports-and-kung-fu-part-5.html

yeah, it's been awhile. but this entire month there's been no class, since Sifu has been busy moving to Hawaii. as a result, since this entire blog is based on entries from class--and then supplemented by additional posts--there hasn't been much to say.

i've been practicing in the meantime, with others and alone, trying to clean up a lot of things that i know needed work. but i never meant for practice sessions to receive posts in this blog. i did mean to post some commentaries and notes on other items of interest, but things have been extraordinarily busy with school (it's my last year, and i have to really prepare for my dissertation defense and also look for a job).

this will have to do for now.

i promise the posts will start to become a lot more frequent. Sifu will be teaching a tai chi class (Yang...i wanted Chen, but Sifu said this will come next year) twice a week at UCLA, and i've decided to take it--even if it does mean driving over to Westwood. but that means 2 additional classes per week on top of the bagua classes every Saturday. so that means 3 posts per week to look forward to.

it also means some more variety on this blog in terms of kung fu styles, with me now learning bagua, long fist, and tai chi.

aren't you happy?

ooooooooooo-raaaahhhh!!! rock and roll, baby.

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