Does time change

Time sure flys by when you're busy.  

Why is that?  Doesn't matter what you're doing, if you focus in the time, it seems to take longer. Time doesn't change or does it?

The Tiger Challenge is over, it was enjoyable and fun. The group did a great organizing it and it showed at how smoothly everything went. Great job guys. 

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Time?

Time sure flys by when you're busy. Just finished reading my agenda package for tomorrow and my Council strategic retreat package for Tuesday and Wednesday.

One thing that I have learned through I Ho Chaun is that you will just have to do it whenever you can. We're all busy but if you throw in a few push ups here and there by the end of the day you would've done a hundred or so. 

An easy way to do this is to start your morning with 50 push up and sit ups. When you get home from work, push out another 50 and before you go to bed, another 50.  You haven't changed anything and only spent a couple of minutes but you've managed to do 150 p/u and s/u in a day.  Lets take a look at the math 365 x 150 = 54,750.  This is not even counting the ones done in class.  Easily covering the 50,000 required. 

I Ho Chaun, little changes that moves you closer to mastery not only in Kung fu but life. 

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What gives?

The NHL & NHLPA has struck a tentative agreement last night and I'm left wondering why all the fuss and how does this benefit. We have millionaires and billionaires arguing how to divide the hard earned money of  sports fans.

We have owners of professional sports teams looking for hand outs when they're a multi billion dollar corporation and we can't get fresh water to communities to prevent disease and death.

Athletes (professional sports) making ludicrous amounts of money when our doctors, teachers, first responders, etc aren't adequately paid for what they do for us as a society.

What gives? This is not in any way of being stewards of our world. Where is that breaking point where the masses realize we are killing ourselves?

Here is a good article, it's a little long but it will open you eyes and maybe give you a new insight into modern sports.

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/40595178/

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new year

What a busy couple of weeks its been with Christmas and New Years.  I'm looking forward to the rest that a planned and organised schedule brings. 

What a way to start the year by squeezing in 1000 push ups and sit ups.  I really needed them, I've gained 5 pounds this Christmas season. 

Now its time to get back on track and start training, hopefully I won't injure any more of my toes.   My kids thought it was disgusting when I removing my toenail and I would wiggle it back and forth and prentend it and I was having a conversaiontion. I thought it was funny :)

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Why

I'm in disbelief of the senseless act of violence that had occurred in Newtown. What happened? Was there signs? Could this have been prevented? 

Many of these questions will never be answered. We will never know what was going through the mind of the perpetrator. 

My prayers and thoughts are with all that are affected by the events that will forever change many people's lives. 

We have to start looking at the root cause of these incidents. Guns don't kill people, people kill people. We need better education and support in the school for our children. Many children slip through the cracks because there isn't enough resources and personal to help them.  They get pushed on without the proper tools and supports to deal with life. 

We need to refocus our attention and resources. Government needs to put more money into prevention not cures.

We have fought many fights for our children. Many do not know what we have done to support them but if we didn't they would have slipped through the cracks of our school systems because they are not prepared to deal with special needs, especially what they can't see. 

It is easy to explain and have people feel for someone who has a physical disability but its a different story when someone has a mental disability.  There is a societal stigma about mental illness that we need to change. The sooner the better. 

Why? We failed. 

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Process

I saw this photo the other day and I speaks very loudly to me and maybe to many members of the I Ho Chaun team.  Thank you to Master Brinker and the other Sifu's for forging the path and process for us to follow.

Time to relax

Nice to have a lite bit of time today. No meeting to prep for or any extra reading. I'm been mentally drained the last couple of weeks with every thing on my plate. Being mentally exhausted sure drains you physically.

Somedays I find it very difficult to motivate myself to practice Kung fu when you're drained mentally and physically.   The last couple of days I feel run down and slightly under the weather, hope I can shake this in a day or two. 

Training as been slow lately but I'm getting a few push ups and sit-ups here and there. Enjoyed breaking boards at class the other day, haven't done that in a while.  I always get an adrenaline rush breaking boards.

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