All posts tagged "si4"
Sunny, 40 degree morning at Washington field. Perfect for sprint work:
Repeat 20x
I rested as needed between sprints and didn’t time anything. Experimented with different start positions: standing, lying on my stomach, lying on my back. I got there at about 10am, which is apparently when the whole world shows up. For future reference, get there before 10 on weekends.
I ran the fellas through a warmup today and got the blood pumping. Malcolm took over and went over some great techniques then we worked on Tiet Sien Kuen after the beginners took off. Didn’t get a great sweat, but got the chi moving nicely.
Did a short gig for a local preschool today. We kept the power dialed all the way down so as not to upset the little ones and it went really well. The kids were definitely into it, which makes it more fun. Also did a workshop with the baby lion heads afterwards.
Ran the beginners through a standard warmup and some very basic drills tonight. Afterwards Sihing Malcolm taught some more advanced hand and elbow techniques and I sat in on it. Not a very sweaty night.
Finally cranking this one out to test the goal I set at the beginning of January:
Time: 6:28. This is the slowest time I’ve had in YEARS. Fucking bullcrap. The dread this workout fills me with is incredible and totally irrational. I psych myself out and set myself up for failure every time before I even hit the timer. In all fairness, I didn’t put enough work in this month to improve my conditioning, but I’m drawing the line here. I’m going to do this workout every single week until I get my time under 6 minutes.
Previously: 6:14 on 2/24/09; 6:06 on 10/26/08.
Pole seminar taught by Sigung at the NJ branch today. It was an action-oriented seminar and we spent most of the time drilling the techniques and applications we were taught. Really good stuff.
Started with a light run-through of Tiet Sien Kuen, barefoot of course. I felt aright, but wasn’t going for full power. After that I ran through Ji Mo Seung Do a few times, sans the ji mos.
At the nearly-empty field in Washington Park on this warm (40 degrees!) morning:
Repeat 20x
I rested as needed between sprints and didn’t bother timing anything.
I headed out for some morning practice by the Old Stone House today. I kicked things off with Tiet Sien Kuen, as I tend to do. After that I worked on Ng Ying Kuen since I had some space to really open it up. To make sure I took full advantage of the space, I ran through the leopard section 20x.
I was dressed for winter when I started but I gradually shed a few layers and was just wearing my kf pants, a shirt, and gloves when I was done. What a nice day!
Nothing but Tiet Sien Kuen today. Ran through it cold to start and focused on charging up, which felt really good. Then I did a conditioning workout and ran through it again right afterwards. I tried to focus on cooling down, but I felt unfocused and sloppy…I should practice this more when I’m really beat.
In the basement to work on Tiet Sien Kuen. The floor was cold as crap so I practiced wearing my sneakers which gave me bad connection and foot pains. I’ll try again tomorrow.
Got a chance to head to the gym for a rare treat today so I thought I’d lift something heavy and make it count:
I sure didn’t expect to walk in and hit a PR after all my time away but it felt pretty easy.
Sort of created a workout by committee as a warmup in kung fu tonight. 20, 15, 10, 5 of the following:
Total time: 6:13. Those v-ups kicked my ass. I didn’t think I was sore from yesterday’s OHS extravaganza, but the first set today told me otherwise.
21, 15, 9 of the following:
Total time: 4:00. Hey, it’s just a warmup baby!
Warmed up with some pushups and DB swings, then got on the bench:
Huge PR for me. I probably wouldn’t have even attempted 300+, but the guy who was spotting me convinced me I had it after he watched me press 285. It was slow and tough, but I got it and feel really good about it.
