Today was a full class. It was pretty much reinforcement of what has been learned, at least for me. I’ve been trying to make a point not to miss a class so that I don’t fall behind, and this appears to have gotten me slightly ahead. I don’t intend to back off from that. I’m not looking to be ahead, be the best, or whatever, but rather I want all the learning time I can get.
As I was doing my research for how to manage my eating, doing the planning, finding the recipes, checking the facts, etc, it occured to me that I was thinking way too far into it. As I was reading various recipes and looking at how to access the information and store it in a timetable, it hit me that this was just getting overly complex. So, instead, I’m taking a very basic approach: keep it simple, stupid.
The other student showed up today, apparently she’s been very busy. Joram showed up very late, so there was more focus on the things around where I am in learning. After warmup, we discussed yielding and rooting. I pretty much have the concepts down, but I need to work on actual practice of the concepts more. There was an emphasis on rooting since it was a concept not really discussed that much previously, but somewhat practiced.
In the past, I ate out every day, and it was usually fast food. Since then, I’ve significantly changed my diet, which has allowed me to improve my health significantly. However, if you were look at the overall view of my eating habits, they really haven’t changed much. I eat healthier foods and I eat smaller portions, but I’m still eating out a lot, which restricts my control of what I put into my body.
A lot of what I’m doing in Taijiquan, now, is reinforcement, which is making a lot of this repetitive. Today’s emphasis for me was on pushing hands.
