sometimes i can be a space cadet

the chinese golden rooster name i couldn't recall earlier is jingji duli which for some odd reason i really love. i can imagine it looks pretty odd but it's good for balance.

you gotta dig that i found this picture, not only of a space cadet but also in jingji duli! ah the internet is a great thing!

i was just reading quan tuo's entry in KFDU! & the various commentary & of course adding my 2 cents. more thoughts on hitting the proverbial wall: first, i had so many moments in training last night where i just wanted to take my wet uniform off & train in my undershirt (also soaked but at least i was more free to move), then when i ran into the bathroom or when i changed undershirts i found those rooms to be so oppressive, our training space was a delight in comparison. the jelly legs really bummed me out but mysteriously one keeps going & somehow musters up more chi! i did the old boxing trick of taking wee sips instead of guzzling but somehow went through a bottle & 1/2 of water (pink from the emergent c). my arms & shoulders were shot last night, yet i feel great today. not NOT sore but still good. the shaolin hair i worked up really made a difference keeping everything off my neck & face! this is a big fat hairy deal! i even mentioned chopping off my hair to quan tuo last night. i think the majority of folks we train with really do train hard. how hard? it all depends on the person. it is hard to compare people & especially hard, if not impossible, to compare yourself to another. i know i could have let my throbbing hot head take me off the line but i didn't. even running off to the bathroom gave no sweet relief to the internal heat i had created already. sifu having us walk around is a welcome thing though. gives me a chance to catch my breath & try to equalize my heart rate & still keep moving. i should get another uniform or something. i wasn't as wet a rat as some of the folks in line but it does weigh me down. the biggest price last night was that i could not concentrate: i heard only parts of what sifu was saying about cooling off, i would have missed entirely sifu calling for those learning 1st & 2nd forms, if not for quan tuo. i tried desperately to listen closely to heng de's teachings regarding yiluquan. my mind wasn't wandering, it was just hazy. somehow i have to work on that. sifu did tell me to train harder when i was getting up from the straddle. will do!