I practiced out on The Patio in front of The Barn this morning. I was a bit chilly so I dressed accordingly. I started a fire in the barn because Jeff was coming up at 10 - noon and I had a friends coming up to play music (Awesome Possums) from 2-4.
I did a partial Warm Up and a Round (left side) before Jeff came.
We started by drinking tea and chatting about internal practice and how to apply internal martial arts and how it's different than merely learning techniques and applications for specific movements. It's more about the 'quality' that you apply those techniques with. There are no shortcuts to real skill.....and don't miss any steps or you'll have to go back and acquire them.