Happy New Year !

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This is the first post of the year , I wish this new year to be full of adventures and training.

My Chinese horoscope is Ok this year, I am a rat and rats are apparently smart, I will have a OK year,  not too good but not bad,  if I behave! 🙂 Last year it said I would have health problems and I had so let´s  hope I am out of this path now.

About my plans for this year, I want to be healthy and able to train,  then I will be in balance,  this is my wish for this year.

Tomorrow will be the first training of the year with Mikael, 2013  let´s go !

SHADOW BOXING

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Yesterday was surely the toughest shadow boxing session I have even done, Mikael made sure I worked until my arms dropped!

It was very intense for the body and for the mind as well,  I was not allowed to give up even when my arms gave up!

I really liked the mind game of the session. First I worked  in front of the mirror with intensity and speed, then in front of Mikael with movement and no touch, then light touch.

I worked on technique on the heavy bag after that.

This session was hard but it felt good, I felt relaxed. I thought about it afterwards and it is so amazing how the footwork comes naturally with the technique, even if I still have some work to do on the flow.

At some point Mikael said  not to use it, I felt so strange and unnatural which is a good sign. When I train alone I do it right and then wrong to feel the difference.

 Mikael decided to add shadow boxing to the end of each sessions from now on,  that will for sure finish me off!

November 27th, Bruce

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Today is Bruce Lee´s birthday , he would have been 72 years old.

Two years ago we were in San Francisco having the best time, meeting Linda Lee was a big deal for me I am greatful for this moment and everything that happened during this trip with Mikael. This date is celebrating those memories too.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

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Today Nov 22nd is thanksgiving in the USA.

We were in San Francisco two years ago for Bruce´s 70th bithday celebration and we could also celebrate thanksgiving there, the food was so good I hope we can do that again someday!

Private Session

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Yesterday we worked with weights and wrestling. For me who is half Mikael´s weight ( ! ) it is very hard to get out when I am down, the only thing that would (maybe) work in this case is the ugly stuff, but this is training we are not here to hurt each other so I just tried my best  but let´s face it, it does NOT work! when you are 50kgs and down under a 100kgs guy who knows what to do , you´re dead! I managed quite well to stay on my feet at first but eventually I went down. This is a good exercise to mesure the level of stress and energy, the time when you are in such a position where you can´t breathe anymore, then you can say stop but in real life you can´t, that is why it is so good to train these techniques.

Weight lifting was well needed as well, we don´t do enough of that but  we have changed our training schedule now.

HIGH… and low

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Yesterday´s session was not so good for me. I could not get the flow going, it is common every now and then to not feeling it. I accept it, this is the way it goes , I just have to pick myself up and keep going.

I have had low times before and felt pretty bad about it, I learnt that the negative energy does not help , keeping a positive attitude and keeping going no matter what,  helps greatly. The fact that I have such a good instructor has my confidence running on a more balanced level so I am not worried,  I get the best guidance I will pick it up !

Changes

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2012 is coming to an end and we want to thank all members that have come to the training sessions this year.

Now we have made some decisions regarding the future and Mikael and I decided to prioritise our own training, we are still having group sessions but not on the same regular basis,  Mikael is also coming up to speed with private lessons.

A lot of people are contacting us, everyone is welcome even  if  we don´t want to have too many members because we are a non profit organisation and we want to keep the numbers low in order to maintain a certain level of quality.

We will also organise local seminars and maybe a second one with our friends Håkon and Oyvind from JKD Norway.

JKD Sweden will also be travelling to Seattle in February to meet our friends, we really look forward to this.

The other side…

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Lately I have been thinking about death a lot. Not only have I lost people in my JKD family but in my own as well. Now Maybe it is because one of my best friend’s mother who I know very well, has received the bad news , maybe it is because I reached an age when I figure I don´t have much time left.

Either way thinking about death and be afraid of it is not good for the mind, it spoils the moment, the time that we have to live but being aware that we are not here forever can also be a reminder that there are things we take for granted, things we don´t enjoy or appreciate enough.

I have made choices in my life, good or bad but I don´t regret any of them because they brought me where I am today, of course some parts are missing and even if this is painful, I am grateful for what I have. I just need to be reminded that sometimes that I don´t have much time, I can´t do things later, things I feel and have to say to some people can´t wait because I never know if I´ll get the chance later, there may not be a “later”.

I drove passed the lake yesterday and stopped the car thinking I have to enjoy this and appreciate what I have before I can´t do it anymore.

Let´s get real, nobody knows where and when, life is here now let´s enjoy it and make the best of it.

Work!

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Only Adam and I were at the training session this wednesday. We worked mostly on reaction on mitts with and without helmet, skipping  punch and skipping  a stick “a la Ted Wong “and finally kicks and punches  on the gigantik kick pad we got from Stefan´s old club.

Mikael made everything last longer to see how long we could keep a good technique knowing the reps will have to be many and quick.

We both need to work more on stamina, it was hard work ,  Mikael pushed us  but it was very good indeed to test the limits.

Adam went almost straight to work after that I must say I am impressed.

See you next time

Stuff from Stefan

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Mikael and I started cleaning and sorting our gear because we got more stuff from Stefan´s old club and we have too many things in our little space. We kept in there enough for our training and the rest will go to storage to be used when needed.

We now have a wooden dummy standing in a corner as well as my favourite toy: the poor Bob. I always wanted to have one of those:-)

Last Night after cleaning we had a great session with Micke G and Will. We worked hard on combinations on mitts/ pads, kicks and punches with count.

That was a well needed hard work for all of us.

We are planning to film and take nice training pictures outside this weekend, we hope for a nice autumn weather.