Jul '25 • TRAINING🥷
Training/Teaching Journal July 7, 2025 📖⚡️🙏🏽🤍
DAILY MANTRA/QUOTE: “When the blade is forgotten, and the breath is remembered, the warrior begins to understand.” — Old Ryukyu Saying
7am: Cold Shower 💦 Morning Aarti ~ Anulom Vilom Pranayama ~ Chum Kiu x 2 ~ Siu Nim Tao x 2 ~ Biu Gee x 2
7am: Teach Power Flow Yoga🧘🏽♂️
9am: 3mi (5k)🏃🏽
10:45: Teach Gentle Yoga 🧘🏽♂️
12:30-2pm: Teach Wing Chun & T’ai Chi; (Siu Nim Tao) Chi Sao/Choh Ma Drills & Traps ~ Chit Sao/Dai Sao/Lop Da/Pak Da Drills ~ JKD Punching (1,120 punches x 2) 🥷
2pm-4pm: Teach Wing Chun & Escrima; (Siu Nim Tao) Chi Sao/Choh Ma Drills & Traps ~ Single Sinawali ~ Heaven & Earth Drills ~ Hubad-Lubad (Disarming/Sensitivity) ~ JKD Punching (1,120 punches)🥷
5:30pm: Peaceful Power Session 🧘🏽♂️
6pm: Thrusting Fingers - Biu Gee 🙌🏽
7pm: Supper ( 🍗 🥦 ) 😋
DAILY OBSERVATIONS/INSIGHTS: From the moment I stepped into the frigid shower in the morning, to the final thrust of Biu Gee training in the evening, everything pointed back to breath today. Its rhythm in Anulom Vilom, its guidance through each punch, each transition, and each student interaction. Even amidst the structure of soooo many JKD punching reps and the complexity of Chi Sao traps or Sinawali, the real through line wasn’t the blade, the drill, or even the form…it was the awareness riding the breath.
The breath was my teacher as I taught Power Flow, my anchor in my run, my compass in Escrima, and my quiet strength in State meditation. With so much going on in my life these days; breath has stopped being something I control and started becoming something I simply trust🙏🏽 Is that the shift the old Ryukyu master spoke of; where the warrior stops trying to do and simply starts to be? As the day moved on, my techniques blurred together, but my presence actually sharpened.
So the inquiry becomes: Can I train not just with
discipline, but with devotion to breath~led presence? AND…can I find a way to guide my students there?? Not just toward better forms, but toward the understanding that comes when effort actually dissolves into perceptual awareness?? I guess time will tell?🫸🏽🤛🏽🤓🤍💫
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Training/Teaching Journal July 7, 2025 📖⚡️🙏🏽🤍
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