WOW!
So I experienced my first Silent River Kung Fu Forms seminar yesterday. I have the sore legs to prove this. I chose to work on my Kempo and my goodness it was the best thing ever. Also, Kempo II has very few bow stances. Very few. hehehe
Before I go any further, I would like to thank all the powers that be and sifus that put this seminar together, and took the time to make it happen. It was incredible, and very much appreciated.
Just like with boot camp, and kung fu overall, an opportunity like this will give you what you put into it. I could imagine that if you as a participant do not give it 100%, then you will gain less than 100%.
I went into this thinking it would be an opportunity to learn another form, or even kempo III. But I didn't. AND I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER. I spent the last 1.5 weeks (the time I've been an orange belt) leading up to the seminar pestering every Sihing and Sifu in sight to help me memorize the parts of Kempo II, and as they patiently showed me and guided me, I achieved this. I can't stress enough the patience part, as Sihing Robinson could tell you, I'm not that easy to be patient with :P
My original thought was that if I memorized all of it, then I could learn the parts of Kempo III at the forms seminar and play with it. Like a child reading the new toy r us catalogue (which just came out and yes, I did go through it with uncontained excitement. Some things don't and shouldn't change!).
However, working with Sifu Wonsiak, kempo III was not mentioned at all, and it was the best thing ever. What actually transpired at the seminar was way better than I could have imagined. I left with a much much better understanding of kempo I&II and it was really awesome. I don't just know the the pieces now, I am starting to see the form itself instead of just a series of moves. I don't know how to explain that. But it's different, and it's something I can apply to my other forms.
So I guess without getting too wordy and writing an illiad length blog about this, I learned:
-Forms seminar is a "must attend" for anyone.
-Like boot camp, if you put 100% into it, it will give you more than you can dream of in return.
-Sifus are geniuses. Seriously. They know everything. Like gods.
-Breath. When you're really nervous, breath. and don't ask yourself "what's the worst that can happen?" because if you're like me, your mind will find the worst possible time to be snarky and reply "well, you could pee yourself in front of all these nice people, that'd be pretty bad" and then you'd be even more nervous.
So I'd like to finish off by thanking all those that made this seminar and experience possible for us, and to thank the sifus for taking the time to do this for us, and to Sifu Wonsiak for her patience with me.
I'd draw a card with crayon and write in bad writing, and colour outside the lines with bad stick figures and all, but I figure as an adult, writing is better suited :p
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