For the past 3 weeks I have been kept quite busy working on my first term project for school. The amount of research, work and learning involved in order to complete this project was overwhelming at times and the light at the end of the tunnel was dim at best. I can now breath a huge sigh of relief as I have finally completed this project and it has been turned in for evaluation. This has been a huge learning curve for me and I have gained a new appreciation for what it takes to be a student and the work involved in the learning process. The next obstacle is my first final exam this week.
The tiger challenge was another opportunity for learning and hard work. It's an opportunity that only comes along once a year. This is a day that members of our kung fu family get together in a fun and safe environment and perform for a panel of judges with fellow students, friends, and family there to support us. Anxiety and nerves are a given for me any time that I get up in front of other people and I know that most of us battle with this to some degree. So congratulations to everyone that took part in the tiger challenge and thank you to everyone that helped to make this day possible. We really had an amazing group of students participating this year from the little ones all the way up to the black belts. Kudos to those of you that really pushed past your nerves and participated in events that were out of your comfort zone. The most exciting for me this year (also huge anxiety) was developing and working on a musical weapon form. I found that tying in the music to the weapon form gave me an increased level of enjoyment and engagement. It was all over way too quickly, but I had fun with it and look forward doing another musical form next year.
Numbers
sit ups 1000 (39,170)
push ups 1120 (30,490)
walking 22k (1115)
sparring 0 (226)
kempo 10 (290)
nunchuks 2 (600)
Aok's 21 (780)
Michele Ward
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