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Day 2, cont.: kung fu around 7:30 a.m., breakfast (eggs, cheddar, baby kale, onion, garlic - (I made it), shower, going over stuff in the den (room I'm staying in). Mom tried on some of her pants that need hemming and I pinned them. Picked out some fabric and stuff (buttons, sock darner, trim from China, etc.) to take home. Trimmed excess from one pair of pants. Hm, actually trying on the pants might have been the evening before? Still a little scrambled from time change I guess. Anyway, also worked on cleaning up the patio, taking trash and recycling out, and discussing what sorts of plants might be good to put in one of her planters. Had a visit from a neighbor in the afternoon.
Day 3: short walk then kung fu around 6:30 a.m., shower, then cereal for breakfast. Mom tired, so she's back in bed this morning. I'll probably go do some sewing after I finish posting this.
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*sigh* Wish I could connect to the internet here with my laptop...tedious having to type in all my usernames and passwords each time... and of course, not going to download a game onto my mother's pc - don't think her computer can handle it anyway. Oh well. 9-10 more days to go. And a birthday celebration in there, plus a visit from aunt, uncle, and cousin too, so there's that.
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Forms were a bit better today than yesterday. I use Basic Stance form and Iluchuen (sp?) for warm up...Not sure if I'm doing part of Cannon 1 correctly, but at least I'm faking a continuation on the part I'm uncertain of...Cannon 2 isn't too horrible either. Added Mei Hwa (sp?) today, which has its own issues, but I want to work on as much of it as I can. San Soo (sp?) is going pretty well, aside from that funky bit in the closing. Working on getting into slightly lower stances. (Yeah, I pretty much can't spell anything in the Chinese -- going to have to work on that)
Ah, did figure out today that if I can move into pubu using the forward foot as a more aggressive "strike", that I can attain a wider, lower stance.
Tomorrow I'll consider zenning a weapons form. L and I didn't have time for practice at home before I flew out to CA, so I'm stressing out a little on how much of spear I can remember, since I'm still working on putting it all together in my head. The body remembers most of it, but not necessarily all in the correct order. Eventually I'll get it, and get body, mind and spirit working as one to do the form.
Day 3: short walk then kung fu around 6:30 a.m., shower, then cereal for breakfast. Mom tired, so she's back in bed this morning. I'll probably go do some sewing after I finish posting this.
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*sigh* Wish I could connect to the internet here with my laptop...tedious having to type in all my usernames and passwords each time... and of course, not going to download a game onto my mother's pc - don't think her computer can handle it anyway. Oh well. 9-10 more days to go. And a birthday celebration in there, plus a visit from aunt, uncle, and cousin too, so there's that.
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Forms were a bit better today than yesterday. I use Basic Stance form and Iluchuen (sp?) for warm up...Not sure if I'm doing part of Cannon 1 correctly, but at least I'm faking a continuation on the part I'm uncertain of...Cannon 2 isn't too horrible either. Added Mei Hwa (sp?) today, which has its own issues, but I want to work on as much of it as I can. San Soo (sp?) is going pretty well, aside from that funky bit in the closing. Working on getting into slightly lower stances. (Yeah, I pretty much can't spell anything in the Chinese -- going to have to work on that)
Ah, did figure out today that if I can move into pubu using the forward foot as a more aggressive "strike", that I can attain a wider, lower stance.
Tomorrow I'll consider zenning a weapons form. L and I didn't have time for practice at home before I flew out to CA, so I'm stressing out a little on how much of spear I can remember, since I'm still working on putting it all together in my head. The body remembers most of it, but not necessarily all in the correct order. Eventually I'll get it, and get body, mind and spirit working as one to do the form.