Good by Summer Hello Fall

With summer passing and fall arriving and the days are getting shorter. This should be a warning to all of us I Ho Chuan members that winter will be soon upon us. So get in as many form reps as you can outside before we are forced back inside when winter arrives. And we all know how practicing our weapon forms are detrimental to the enclosed spaces of our homes. So let’s enjoy this practice time till the snow flies.  

It’s part of me.

It is part of me and it has been since the day I started learning Kung Fu back. The longer I train the more and more I notice that Kung Fu has permeated into every part of my daily life. I find it exciting when I notice that I am applying concepts that I have learned from training in the art of Kung Fu without consciously doing so. Some of the things are so subtle that it is only when I reflect at the end of the day do I realize this has occurred.

 

First Day Back

On Monday night was our first class back since we broke for the summer at the Onoway School. Unfortunately since we train in the local school gymnasium we have to follow the school’s schedule. That means when the school is closed we do not have classes. This is an exciting time for me each year when we return after the long summer break. It is a time to see my old students and get to meet some new students. It defiantly feels like a fresh start to my year.

September

What a great month September is, Kids going back to school and settling back into a regular routine. And with school back in session that means that Kung Fu classes start again in Onoway. This in one of my favorite times, it was when I was just a student and it still is now that I am an instructor and a student. With the beginning of each new school year we always get couple of fresh new students and with new students come new and exciting questions, a time for learning. I also look forward to seeing all of my old students again and continue on guiding them along their journey in the martial arts. What a great time of year.