The Details:
It's 70 at the house. I'm going to be preparing clothes and camera's for Dylan and Guilia's Wedding Party on Saturday. I talked to my sister about plans to attend both Janee's Celebration of Life and Dylan's wedding party. The timing is unfortunate but that's the way the cookie crumbles.
The Practice:
I started with reading the poem "It Was Early" from Mary Oliver's book Evidence.
Around mid-morning I went out to The Deck (with Echo) to practice.
I began with a full round of The 10+ focused on being consistent and developing more strength, flexibility and agility. I've successfully added the Dragons Back, Ba-Ji as well as The Three Swings and Song Gong. I'm currently at the limit of my level and don't foresee adding anything else for a while. At the 1/2 point I came inside to do a few 'spiral down to the floor and spiral up from the floor to a standing position.
Next I did a full Healing Qigong and a brief Standing PT (Post Training)
Next I did Changes 1-4 (both sides) of Cheng Style Baguazhang 8 Mother (animal) Palms focused on the correct sequence and direction of postures. I had a glitch on the right side of #3 (the bear).
Next I did a round of Anyo Anim (#6) focused on applications and using quality basics with more pop and focus on my punches.
Next I did a round of Kusanku Kata focused on mobility and agility and mobility. I'm finding this Kata particularly challenging as I age. It's all the low Zen Dashi and the jumps in the progressive steps and flying front kicks. After I hurt my knee skiing in 1998 I haven't been doing any jumping or running, it's too much shock for my knee.
Next I did a round of Low Family Staff focused on correct sequence and shoulder health.
I finished by coming inside to journal my practice here in this blog.
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