There are two things I want to celebrate today.
The first was during Tai Chi. I was able to hold the feeling of Chi through most of our warm up and some of the form. Usually I will get flashes, but this time I actually was was able to sustain it! So excited!!! Hopefully I’ll be able to repeat this again in the near future.
The second was while I was practicing my spinning back kicks. My nemesis! Sifu Brinker told me to slow my spin so I could have my kick as part of the spin instead of my normal “spin fast-pause-kick”. So I slowed it right down. Painfully slow! But after a few kicks, I could start to feel other things. Was my gaze leading my shoulders? Was my shoulders leading my hips? If not, why? Was I committed to coming fully around while launching the kick or was the kick spinning me? When I slowed down the spin and started feeling the kick, I started to feel flow and power (or lack there of) but that had me enjoying them. My next steps are to get 5-10 consistent reps in and then speeding it up a bit. I’ll keep you posted.
See you on the virtual mats!
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