Sifu Brinker has said that obtaining your black belt is one of the most important days of your life. Even as I approached the Chinese New Year celebration with excitement and nervousness, I did not fully comprehend this statement. Today as it sinks in, I've been experiencing immense feelings of gratitude, excitement, appreciation, and accomplishment. I really don't know where I would be without Kung Fu. I cannot thank Sifu Brinker and the instructors enough for everything that they have done for me! Yesterday will be engrained in me forever!
It was another excellent virtual banquet. Everyone looked amazing! Great job Ox team! Congratulations to everyone who received awards, everyone who was promoted and Sihing Bjorkquist! I found the promotion speeches very inspirational this year. They gave a glimpse of the path that is ahead of me and that is driving the excitement today. Silent River has many black belts that are examples of what type of black belt I want to be. There is so much work ahead of me but I am looking forward to the challenge.
One of my personal requirements this year was to publicly blog my numbers. I really enjoyed following the members last year that did this. I had a slow start but looking forward to what next week brings.
SU/PU - 1,450/50,000
18 Temple Motions -2/1000
Cane - 1/1000 (slow start as I'm trying to figure out what form I will be doing so been doing research)
Sparring- 5/1000
KM - 7.5/1609
AOKs - 31/1000
Meditation - 0.5/50
Tai Chi/Yoga - 1/50
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