Mikael is going to Norway on May 25th and 26th for his second seminar with our friends from Kviteseid Jeet Kune Do(Norway´s official Ted Wong training group).
Will post infos and pictures as soon as available.
Angry Birds…
Wow there are a lot of angry people out there, angry with life, angry with people, angry with everything… I used to be one of them and what did that bring me? More negativity and the hole I was digging was getting deeper, so one day I decided to try to be happy, I chose to take what I had and make the best of it , life Is easier that way. There are battles that are not meant to taken, especially inner ones. Everyone has his own load of inside demons and some of us have been through hell, I am one of them but I could find the light and take myself out of self destruction. I moved away from a family drama, I live better now, moving to Sweden was probably the best thing I have ever done, the travel was not easy but it´s been 12 years and I learnt a lot to become a better person. JKD and all that it brought me on a personal level has a lot to do with my better balanced state of mind.
The other Bruce !
There are few famous people I admire aside from Bruce Lee, actually it is pretty simple there are 2, Michael Jackson and Bruce Springsteen.
I never had the chance to see Michael in concert and I deeply regret that because it will never happen but I have the chance to see Bruce Springsteen and this is why I never missed a concert in Sweden since 2006.
Just like Bruce Lee´s movies, I listened to Michael and Springsteen´s music more or less since I was born, these people are lasting forever, this is one of the reasons why I admire them.
From what I counted, Bruce Springsteen wrote 202 songs that were recorded and numbers of songs that did not make it on albums, a career that started in 1962 and is still going on. In 2013 at 63, the man fills a Stockholm stadium with more than 55000 people two nights in a row, how many can do that after so many years?
I went to both concerts with Mikael who has seen more concerts than me ( !!! ), I hope we can make it to the third one on saturday !
ALIVE
I have not been able to log in for a while,some people have nothing better to do than trying to hack blogs! I thought I had closed all comments but apparently not, still I get spam comments and quite a lot these last days. It is really annoying to have a blog and be forced to close comments because of this, even if I get some funny bunnies comments sometimes …
Anyway , I am up and running again and I thought I would write about what I have done lately. The gym is in focus right now ! Because of my last injury I have lost muscles and I need to build this back asap. Now the best JKD season has started and by that I mean the fact that we can train outside again! I am so thankful for our club that gave us the opportunity to train inside during this never ending winter. Now fresh air is on the menu,this the best time of the year in Sweden if you ask me.
By the way, today is the day I moved to Sweden… 12 years ago!
the Return of our guys !
We were so pleased with the last session with Michel Coshe and Will.
Coshe was in Sweden for a short time but it was nice to see he is still in good shape and so is Michel. We do not lose our fighting spirit in that team, this is so good to see!
The session was filled with technique drills and sparring both light and with gear on, some people flew in walls (Michel!) but no broken bones or anything 😆
Mikael and I stayed a little longer after the session and talked about the feeling we had, it felt so good.
We have (and I repeat myself) such a great team, we miss them a lot! Now Coshe lives in LA, Remy is somewhere in the Chinese bush! And Michel is planning to travel back to SF for a couple of months.
Well if you ask me I ´d say let´s move to SF too! But seriously we don´t see it as a negative aspect we take it as it is, and try to meet and train together as soon as we get a chance and anytime we do, we have a fantastic time.
The return of the light
It was a nice surprise to learn that our movie star Coshe is back home for a while, we will have a special training session on Saturday night and hope Michel will join too.
It was a long time since we met our original students and especially now that the spring is coming we are happy to be able to increase the training opportunities and take some of it outside.
The winter is still here which is not normal for the season , it has been one of the hardest winter for me since I live here in Sweden, I have had a very hard time with the lack of light, a lot for sickness one after the other and not a very good state of mind either.
I feel better now, and it is because of the light, it is difficult to imagine for people who are not used to live in darkness 6 months a year but the impact it has on the mind is uncontrollable.
Now I see the positive aspect of what is coming and I feel better, I need my training, it is always the same story nothing new here, I really don´t know what my life would be without JKD. For The mind and body, there is just a need, it is hard to explain it is a feeling and I think anyone practicing understands it.
So we are making plans for the spring training and we also have plans for next winter, I can´t say I am too happy that our trip to San Francisco has to be in November. I think it is too far away, I long to go back there, to meet Allen and Annie and Jeff and Julie but there is no choice regarding which week it will be because the prices are doubled any other week of the year. Seeing the positive aspect, it is better than nothing ! So on Monday we will book it.
HIGHER!!!!
That was the theme of the wednesday session! at first I worked on technique on mitts, punches and kicks, then Mikael took a long stick and that was the real beginning of the session.
I had to punch above the stick without touching , with right technique and extension, the height gradually increased and I also had to increse tempo. Same exercise with all kicks and both sides.
Then uppercuts from side to side also moving forward and backwards, that was hard on the legs and to finish me off I had to jump over the stick from side to side and with movement back and forth when I could not do it anymore Mikael just put the stick on the floor and I had to jump until I dropped!
This is very hard but good for the balance and the elasticity, it is like jumping rope but harder.
I definetely need more of that, Mikael said I did good but I will do better next time!
Weight Lifting
Yesterday was all about lifting weights and stuff. That was hard but needed, I try to lift heavier weights to gain back some muscle that I lost but I don´t overdo it, that would be stupid to injure myself again…
Mikael and I worked out for one hour only , we decided it was enough considering the hard work we put in it.
I so look forward to when the light is back! I want to ride my bike or go running, this year the winter has been the hardest since I live here, so I will enjoy every minute of the light as soon as it is back !
Getting There …!?
We worked on the bag and then on mitts, shadow boxing and finished with wrestling.
Mikael noticed I lack speed in my recovery and my hook also needs some work. We worked on this for a while but I have to do the work at home by myself during the week.
Wrestling is difficult, we are talking about 51kgs vs 110 kgs even if I fight like a mad mosquito I go down eventually and that´s it! There is no way I can get out of there without using some nasty stuff, but we play nice so I tried everything else…. No did not work! J
Good to work on this though, it makes me manage the stress and think about openings and solutions.
We hope for an outdoor training in the weekend, we have lots of snow so we will see if the slope is reachable.
I so look forward to the spring… there is nothing like training outside in the sun I really miss this.
wow!
wow ? I mean boo! sometimes it feels good and sometimes it does not. Training has its ups and downs, how to accpet it is another story.
I felt bad yesterday at some point I even thought than some people up there must not be very proud right now!
Then Mikael cheered me up: ” see the bright side, it can only be better ” , hm that also means it can´t be worse ?! 🙂
But seriously I have had bad days before who hasn´t , it is done now so I am focusing my energy to next time and it will be better!
