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I Miss Hip-Hop Like This

One Week and One Day

It’s been a little over a week since my day surgery.

Today I was feeling pretty good after taking it easy after last night’s class.  So I went downstairs and started on the dummy form.  Ran through it about 5 times and things were feeling pretty good.

I then proceeded to work very lightly on the heavy bag.  I decided to keep it at a slow and easy pace with not too much power.  I worked mostly on my Ging or ‘relaxed energy.’  I clinched up on the bag and popped the bag off with my shoulder.  Then I placed my Chum Kiu elbow on the bag and popped that off with Ging.  I did the same for the fist and then the palm.

After I was a little warmed up, I added some rib-cage and face punches in the mix and then worked the Ging.

Finished with lightly performing the BJD form.

Pro Nails (Wobble Wobble)

Do Your Work

with all your heart.

Wing Chun/Yong Chun/Prodigal Son

It’s All Training

Siu Nim Tao, Chum Kiu, Biu Jee, Mook Yan Jong, Luk Dim Poon Kwan, Baat Jam Do – it’s all training.

Partner patty-cake drills, Chi Sau, Goh Sau, Sparring – it’s all training.

Skipping, Heavy Bag, sit-ups, push-ups, pull-ups, squats – it’s all training.

Mowing the lawn, cutting down trees, packing lumber – it’s all training.

Painting the house, making supper, washing the dishes – it’s all training.

Watching movies, watching videos, reading books – it’s all training.

Quiet time, rest, sleep – it’s all training.

Dreams Do Come True

Watch till the end speech:

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Everything Man

Why I Charge Only $20/Month for Class

Time is money.  There’s no doubt about that.  You want to hire a plumber?  $100 service call, PLUS an hourly rate of $75.00/hour.  Better to go to the Home Depot and rent the tool yourself.

Acupuncture?  An hourly rate of $60-120 depending on where you live.

Chiropractic?  Initial consult (with no treatment – depending on the clinic) of $80, $45/15 mins follow-up.

But there’s a part of me that says that something is wrong with this picture.  Why tap out a high-end market?  Why see only a handful of clients per week and try and tap them for huge money?  A business is based on referrals and referrals alone.  How does one expect to generate enough referrals for new clientele if they only see a handful of people per week?

If it’s broke – fix it.

I charge only $20/month for a few key reasons:

• I have little to no overhead.  Yes, I need supplies from time to time.  But I train out of my home.  If my crew can put up with a little interruption here and there, training outside at times and the fact that there’s no flashing KUNG-FU sign outside my house…they’ll get some of the best Wing Chun out there.
• I want to train fanatics.  The folks that go home and think about it…train it…master it.  I don’t want money to get in the way.  All fanatics deserve to train.
• Respect.  $20/month isn’t a lot.  Most MMA or Boxing gyms are up in the $80-140/month range.  But if I’m asking for some money for my time, there’s a mental switch that says that *maybe* those practitioners will put in the work in the club and at home.