Great to hear you're able to pull from the classes! Looking forward to recording and uploading the others.

I always enjoyed Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan the most. I also enjoy any media that involves around the "Three Kingdoms" period in Chinese history like Dynasty warriors or romance of the three kingdoms. The different people/characters there are super interesting to me.

I think at this point, its just ingrained to train and think about it. Probably sounds like a cop-out answer, but I've spent 3/4 of my life training at this point, so it's hard to NOT think about it at least sometimes. I would also agree with you that my students are a big driving force as well. I hope that all my students can surpass me one day, but I don't intend to make it easy for them! The more I grow, the more I can provide them.

Great question. Knowing what you need work on specifically is a big aspect. Sometimes the skill you're trying to develop has a solo-variant that you can do. At the end of the day, though, I think there's some things that just require a human to work on, so maximizing your time with others is important. I know with my students who live in other states, I try to get them to come out at least once a year for a few days of more intensive training. That way, we can test everything - create a list of fundamentals that need work - translate those fundamentals into solo drills - and then that's what they can work on their own until the next time they can visit.

I watched a lot as a child and teenager. DBZ, naruto, Fullmetal alchemist, etc. I try not to watch them as an adult mainly cause I can still get sucked into good ones and i end up spending too much time on it lol.