6 Harmonies & Forms

So I have been staying very focused on the 6 harmonies in my forms ... its been frustrating to say the least.   It does not seem to matter which form I do I am like a light fixture thats shorting out.   I will go thru parts that flow really nice and I am feeling it ... grounded ... feeling the power moving thru the movement and then pfft, the light goes out and nothing!  Mostly it happens when I am not in a horse stance or bow stance ... there is something not 100% correct in the cat stance and when I do things like attacks to opponents behind me or I am retreating.  Maybe its just my visualization/interpretation of what is happening that messes me up but I crash and burn badly in those types of moves.  Sifu Brinker yet again explained the harmonies in the cat stance ... so the plan is start with the move before a cat stance and the move after in a number of different forms and hopefully I will be able to establish the connection/flow throughout.  Wish me luck!

Dragon Dance

I just wanted to say how much fun I am having with the dragon dance practices ... you know other people actually pay to go to a gym and work up the kind of sweat that we do at practice.  They spend their time with machines and equipment, very little interaction with other people, staring at bad television, other people on equipment, or parking lots while they work out.  No team spirit, no creative juices flowing, no getting tangled up in the dragon with a lot of other fun people trying to learn/perfect a new skill.  Seems a shame ... do they realize what they are missing?  

Great Team

So one of the nicest things about having decent internet access at home is the fact that now I have time to read other peoples blogs on a more consistent basis.  It was always pretty hit and miss and then I would get so far behind well it just seemed I was out of the loop so to speak.  Not anymore, and let me tell you there are some very interesting and insightful people at Silent River Kung Fu and I loved spending the evening catching up on the blogs.  I learned a lot ... got some tips and got a rush thinking about what a great team I am part of.