vrijdag 11 maart 2016

Another beautiful day for training!

My honey was flying to Norway today for a weekend of Karate training with Rick Hotton.

I luckily have the Goffert park nearby so I did not have to travel so far today :)

I took my Jian into the park today. First time training with a sword in this park, hope I won't get police dropping by...

This weekend I will also travel a bit, to Shaolin Kung Fu Haarlem, to join a 2 day Shaolin culture seminar with lot's of Kung Fu practice (Taolu, Qi Gong, Caligraphy etc...). So will be a fun weekend!


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donderdag 10 maart 2016

Exciting times up ahead again!

Amituofo!

It looks like we're heading up to some exciting times again. We found a new house to live in in the coming years. As soon as we moved in, which will take a couple of weeks, I will show you some pictures. But in general: It's a small house, slightly bigger then our previous, but with a much more exciting layout:
Groundfloor: Entrance, storage/washing room, kitchen, toilet and a living room which will be our dojo :)".
Second floor: "Large bedroom (which will be our living room), 2 medium bedroom(s), bathroom"
And a nice little garden, so we will be growing our own herbs and veggies soon (Garden is pointed south-west, so lots of sun :))

In the mean time I started to work o some weight that I gained by living in my parents house (and due to bad habbits in the time before that ;) ).  I do want to be fit when I go to china.
I am doing a 'test' week in the Gym in Haps, where I did a training session for myself in the dojo and I joined a kickboxing class last Monday. Met an old friend from my childhood, who has been doing kickboxing there for 13 years already. Learned a lot in that single class ;)

Als hurt my fingers, guess I do need to wrap my fingers when I do kickboxing. Now my knuckles are all irritated and I cannot bend my pointing finger anymore to make a proper fist... no full contact punching for me in the coming days I guess. This evening I will be joining a yoga class :)




Beautifull day for #shaolin #wushu ji ben gong #kungfu #flow #traineveryday

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I noticed I got very slow btw... so I am doing some exercises to increase my muscle speed and reduce my coat of fat a bit.

Fat man getting rid of some winterfat #shaolin #wushu #traineveryday

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donderdag 3 maart 2016

Finding balance

Amituofo!

I'm still struggling with dealing with my new living situation... I can tell you this is the last time I will do things this way. Next time I'll rather live under the bridge then breath all this negative atmosphere. I have my eyes on a new house, but the guy selling it wants way more money for it then I am willing to pay. Sure hope he will give in a little more to create a win-win situation. Else I will be looking for a rental place soon. Anyhow least I will not stay at my current place for long.

Back to kung-fu stories :)
I have booked my flight to China! Maybe I'll stay for 6 months if things continue like this over here ;)
Since I'm not having weekly house-viewings, visits with notary offices and other stuff that drains my precious time and I have time again to take a bit longer lunch-breaks, I am back to my daily training schedule. Let's see if I can get in the flow again.

Training #shaolin #kungfu #taolu in the rain/hail/snow. #xiaohongquan #flow #wushu

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zondag 21 februari 2016

Don't like my new temp place...

Amituofo!

Man, I do have to admit that my new temporary place to live does not give me a good feeling. I haven't felt so lousy in years...

I need to get out of here a.s.a.p. ...
In the mean time I will try to focus on training and try to ignore all the things that make me feel bad here.

Today I did my first training here in Haps. Immediately got reminded of how narrow minded the average villager is.... people didn't even dare to say hello to the strange guy who is training at the fishing pond... people literately took a detour to avoid contact (maybe they are afraid of getting infected with the 'exercise virus', most people here tend to sit all evening, so wouldn't want that). The local fishing youth was also not happy with someone doing exercises at their fishing spot and scaring away the fish... I didn't bother asking why they couldn't walk the 500m from the car-parking to their fishing spot, rather then destroying the pretty nature around the pond by driving their car there... guess it has something to do with the size of their bellies...

That situation gave me a funny thought. People often feel grossed out by bull fighting, but can someone explain me the difference between bull fighting and sports-fishing? Different animal same game if you ask me...

BTW Anyone got a tip on how I can make my father eat more healthy? He seems so addicted to meat that everything he eats needs to contain some animal or else he will not eat it... I really feel sorry for him (and the doctor that will do his bypass soon).

Amituofo!
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woensdag 17 februari 2016

China trip planned

Amituofo!

Good news, although I had to shift a little to avoid problems at work, we managed to work out a deal. I get 4 weeks off, if I can be available as backup for my college who also wants to travel in May. Since the 'no 4 weeks off' policy was not yet officially announced they won't make a big deal of it (and if they would, they would loose one of their staff :) so it doesn't really matter for my dream trip).
I got confirmation from the Shaolin Temple Traditional Wu Shu institute of master Hu Zhengsheng that I can come in June. I got the invitation letter that I can use to apply for a visa, so I can start booking a trip :)

I can't wait, ps.. since my birthday is in June I will celebrate in China :)

Amituofo!

donderdag 4 februari 2016

Preparation for china has started!

Amituofo!

This week I started kicking the training schedule up a notch again. I want to be in top shape when I go to china in a couple of months and I need to loose the 'winter baggage' (about 7 kilos of it).

So I started making time for running and training in the lunch breaks again.
The process of selling my house is almost over now, but we still look for new homes regularly, so that takes up a lot of my 'free' time.

I also feel some struggle coming up at work to get a month off.... something to do with policy and such, and one of my colleges also wants to take off in that month. Double trouble, so lets see how/if we can fix that issue.
Well anyway, it actually doesn't matter if it gets fixed. I'll try for sure, but those who know me a little longer will know that I follow my heart and that I do not really care to much about most policies that other people make up for their convenience and especially not if its there for profit and business only.

I've dreamed of doing this for so long that I would be willing to quit my job for it. I never had an unhappy boss so I'm quite sure I will find something new pretty soon. May be good motivation to start my own company :)

We'll see how it turns out... Anyway I can say that I can't wait to get to China!

PS... you can follow me on Instagram nowadays... I think it is more fun to upload a photo every ones in a while then to waist a lot of training time on this blog. So activity here will be limited to a maximum of once a week for the coming time...


Look for 0AintLifeGrand0 or #Shaolin #Wushu #Kungfu to find my posts...

#shaolin #wushu #kungfu #sanshou new training outfit is in :)

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