Momma always said; “life is like a box of….” Ah forget
it. You get the picture.
Life is grand because of its diversity, but sometimes that
diversity is hard to appreciate. Work
schedules, physical ailments, family, community commitments. Sometimes circumstance, other times by choice
we find ourselves in situations away from the Kwoon and the training
environment.
I go through a period of alone time training every
year. Sometimes a couple weeks, often a
couple months. It still does not get any
easier to make the decision to walk through the door after a long period of
time. Fear, anxiety and doubt are not uncommon.
Knowing that my training is not the same being away as it is when I am
there, forces the question whether I have done all I could to get where I want
to go.
What I forget however, is that sometimes solitude can be a
great advantage. I actually appreciate
some time in hashing things out on my own.
I am not sure if it is the huge failures that sweeten the successes or
what, but I find progress in solitude can be very rewarding. That being said, no matter how much of a
soloist you are, face time with training partners and Sifu’s is a must both
technically and mentally.
And so came and went the forms seminar. The hoe and dozer stopped in their tracks and
I flew Mach speed to the school in nervous excitement that it would rise to my
expectation. And it did. Thanks to all the Sifu’s for their time and
careful attention to making us better martial artists.
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