Thursday, 10 November 2011

Thousand Character Block

One of the blocks in the two person PaKua set I know is called the Thousand Character block. This is something similar;

92 reps of the Mantis so far. Two thousand punches on the speed bag in my last session. More repetition...

Sunday, 6 November 2011

Firm But Fair

In charge of the kids class this weekend, along with the other assistant instructor. And we had those kids working hard...hope they're back next week!

Friday, 4 November 2011

Clocking 'em Up

40 out of 200 achieved to date. Plus a few fragments...

Monday, 31 October 2011

Repetition is the mother of skill

I've challenged myself to practice the new Mantis form I've just learned 200 times by the end of November, in a bid to get it into my muscle memory for the long term.

7 reps today.

Brings Hot Chip to mind.

Sunday, 30 October 2011

Plum Blossom Praying Mantis Kung Fu



(Chinese: 梅花螳螂拳; pinyin: méihuā tángláng quán)
My new favourite

Tuesday, 25 October 2011

Compact and Bijou

Spent tonight explaining the principles of Wing Chun to a newcomer to my class. Which made me think of this, one of my favourite fight scenes ever;

Monday, 3 October 2011

Just when you're least expecting it...


...she returns

First bit of lunchtime training today since starting my new job. Felt good.