Solid Fa Jing Practices On A Humid Morning
Posted on Monday, August 20, 2007 at 4:29 AM by Sifu Smith
It is shortly after 4 am and I just finished up 45 minutes of
silk-reeling and fa-jing practice. Quick weather notice for central NC,
the heat and humidity were high well before sunrise. As I practiced this
morning I had thoughts of saturday mornings at the park in Fayetteville.
Practices that would have you sweating hard in the first 15 minutes.
Chris, myself, and several others would come out to sweat and gain. This
past saturdays practice was much that way. We were a few shy of regular
group, yet there were still 16 students out practicing, and we were
paused by several to answer questions about what we were doing. It seems
that our presence (though it has only been 5 years), is being associated
with the park.
There has also been an interesting development in several students that I have noticed in the past months. Without any coaching, several students that 3 months ago would have shied from entertaining questions, or perhaps have been bothered by people walking by, and hear the kids ask, "mom, is that statue, is she real?" Now they appear to be confident and comfortable in themselves, their practice, and less affected by the uncertainity of others. A wonderful stage.
As I took a break this morning, the sweat going, the legs frying a little, I thought about the fun in my youth, and the wonderful young people who are out practicing at the park at this stage of life.
Solid Fa Jing Practices On A Humid Morning Edited on: Monday, August 20, 2007 5:10 AM