I Love Kung Fu

Why do we do what we do?

I love that feeling when I am trying really hard, concentrating, to perfect a move or a technique. I love that feeling when it feels just right. I love the feeling after practicing my kicks for an hour or so in the basement. I love that feeling when I finish my push ups everyday. I love when I notice that I need to make a change in my form and then I can do it. I love that feeling in class when you are working with a partner on a technique and I am so focused and so intense that I don't really notice anything around me. I love that feeling when I'm doing Kung Fu. I enjoy Kung Fu so much that sometimes I want to laugh out loud when practicing ( this is not an appropriate response in class).

This week, I had the pleasure and pain of trying to explain to someone why Kung Fu is so important. What do we get from it? Well, the above paragraph is just the tip of the ice berg. There is so much that I get from being a part of Silent River Kung Fu that it is hard to put into words and hard to explain the passion. I feel like I belong to a great big extended family. I think that there is an answer to anything that I could ask, right here in our family. (Yesterday, in the change room, I found the answer to one of my struggles with pull ups.) I think that if I did not belong to Silent River, I would still be yearning for a way to give back to the community and still not really know how. I think that I would still be searching to find a way to use something I enjoy(knitting) to give back to the community. I think that I would still be looking in awe at people who can set goals and reach them. ( I always used to think that was something only other people could do). I always wanted to be a leader and I was never sure how, now I think that I am getting the picture.

What do we give to it? Well, that one seems easier to answer. We give our passion and dedication. Our desire to do better, be better, achieve more. We give our time and ourselves, we strive to be accomplished martial artists.

I wasn't really sure how to write down all that has been happening in my head this week. I decided to start writing and see what happened. Looking back at it, it seems a bit rambling, but I am not sure how to do it any other way. To put some structure to it, would seem to muddy the process. So here it is......my love for Kung Fu.