I’ll be retrieving my satin Kung Fu instructor uniform this week.
On it will be embroidered the words “Sihing Mike D.” in gold. When I get it, I’ll take pictures.
In Cantonese, Si means ‘teacher’ and Hing means ‘brother’.
Category: KungFu
JonAbad Resurrected and Kung Fu
There’s a rumor going around that jonabad.com, the original internet, is coming back and that it’s going to be better than ever. Jon’s been working on it this week. Right now you won’t find anything more than a clip from Jurassic Park there… but Jon’s been tinkering. And when Jon tinkers, the world gets psyched.
In Kung Fu News….
Last night I was invited to warm up our Kung Fu class as an assistant instructor. How fun! It was great to get up there and get the class moving and stretched out. Afterwards, we had a great class. Unfortunately, I had pre-gamed with a monster steak and cheese sandwich, so there was definitely some ‘ugh’ in my ‘umph’.
We ended the class with my favorite body conditioning exercise where you stand opposite your partner and swing your arms together in a 3, or 7 move combo. It hurts like heck and this morning I have some sweet black and blue souvenirs on my arms to show for it.
Tonight it’s more Kung Fu and some much needed paper-writing for economics. Blast! I’m still without topic.
Kung Fu, Take 2
have been progressing along my kung fu training quite steadily, and I am quite proud of my accomplishments so far. Last night in the dojo, our sensei told me something very exciting — that I have been selected to train with Shaolin Monks in China for 4 months! This opportunity is not bestowed upon many kung-fu students, and I must say that I am very honored indeed.
Getting the time off work should be no problem. I have a huge amount of vacation and comp days banked up from the past few years, and my employer said I could even work from China, supporting the factory in Dongying!
This sounds like a perfect opportunity to both drastically further my kung-fu skills, as well as live in an entirely different culture for an extended period of time. While I’m really excited about it, after a long period of soul searching, I’ve decided not to do it. Why not? Well, because studying with the Shaolin would require me to shave my head.
My whole identity would be gone! Just imagine…how would I MSPaint myself?? I don’t think I can do it, readers. I just don’t think I can do it.
Red Belt.
