The I Ho Chuan program is about mastery of Kung Fu. I’ve been in the program for over 8 years yet it wasn’t until this week when I realized how I’ve been doing it wrong this entire time.
Lately I have been doing so well with some of my personal requirements: Tai Chi, yoga, exercise classes, meditation. All my requirements are moving forward and I was happy, basking in those accomplishments.
I would celebrate the areas that I was doing well in and glaze over the areas that I was failing. My philosophy at work was to have your strengths so strong that they overshadow your weaknesses. I took this philosophy into my Kung Fu but guess what? That is wrong!
This mindset means I am not looking critically at all my requirements. I am accepting “Good Enough” and saying it’s mastery. I can come up with many reasons why I have not reached all my numbers, but those reasons are just excuses.
Without looking at ALL my requirements, especially the mandatory ones, I am not approaching them mindfully. I may be improving but I am not embracing mastery if I don’t develop and implement a plan. I need to be honest with myself and not accept “Good Enough” if I want embrace the true purpose of the I Ho Chuan program. Now the advantage of the I Ho Chuan program is it gives me the ability and confidence to reset and start again. I have finally found a routine that is working for me so this week I will expand it to mindfully focus on my push ups and sit-ups.
Numbers
Pushups (equivalent) - 7,330
Sit-ups (equivalent) - 2,680
Kilometers - 1410.8
Weapons form - 248
Hand form - 320
Sparring - 65
AOK - 2055
Piano - 1/50
Tai Chi - 46.5/50
Yoga - 38/50
Meditation - 24/50
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