Ok, if I say I'm gonna keep this short then I'm just setting myself up to crash and burn, let's just see how it goes.
Ever since I was about 7 years old I've had problems with injuries. I'd have pulled muscles and joint problems galore. Many different doctors gave my parents very different opinions - basically I think it boiled down to bad luck and bad genes!
When I was 14/15 I was just recovering from a bad spinal injury (caused by that great british past-time Rugby). This injury had robbd me of all my confidence and had left me very weak. I'd alwaysa had an interest in MA and I figured that MA would be perfect for "rebuilding" my body and my confidence. So I joined a local Kung Fu club.
I've been training for the last 6 1/2 years in a freestyle system of kung fu. This was one of the best desicions I have ever made with my life. I regained my fitness and my confidence. But the training quickly became something a lot more than just physical. To me it also became quite "spiritual" (sorry to use a cliche). And for the last 1 1/2 years I've also assisted my Sifu in the teaching of junior students, which has also been quite an amazing experience.
The problem's always been that I've been plagued by injuries. All the usual little sprains and strains I can deal with, they've presented no problem. But I always seemed to pick up a fairly nasty injury somehow. It was my childhood all over again.
Since last summer I began training STUK. Unfortunately I can only attend fortnightly at most if I wanna keep a realistic grasp on my finances. This didn't present a problem at first 'cos I practiced at home and thought I'd be able to make it into foundation in about 6 months.
Problem is, I've had a nagging injuries that have prevented me from training properly. I mean my fitness is ok, but it's no way near what it was, or what it should be for me to progress.
I just can't seem to make any progress with my original training or STUK cos of my damn body. It never seems to heal long enough for me to do any decent training.
I'll go to STUK and do the Qigong and Taiji Prep, but very rarely now do I do a gongfu class cos my body's not up to it. It's the same where I live, I train what I can, and I teach what I can but it's really limiting not being to be able to do what I know I can.
I really enjoy my training, especially at STUK, and I really want to progress, I'd especially like to learn more about buddhism, and need I say I have plans to go to Shaolin one day, but I don't think that my body will let me "fulfill" my aspirations. It's just messing up my head right now.
Oh my god, I've just realised how long I've been ranting on. Any thoughts/questions/advice you guys have would really be appreciated. Especially if any of you guys from STUK read this.
Ever since I was about 7 years old I've had problems with injuries. I'd have pulled muscles and joint problems galore. Many different doctors gave my parents very different opinions - basically I think it boiled down to bad luck and bad genes!
When I was 14/15 I was just recovering from a bad spinal injury (caused by that great british past-time Rugby). This injury had robbd me of all my confidence and had left me very weak. I'd alwaysa had an interest in MA and I figured that MA would be perfect for "rebuilding" my body and my confidence. So I joined a local Kung Fu club.
I've been training for the last 6 1/2 years in a freestyle system of kung fu. This was one of the best desicions I have ever made with my life. I regained my fitness and my confidence. But the training quickly became something a lot more than just physical. To me it also became quite "spiritual" (sorry to use a cliche). And for the last 1 1/2 years I've also assisted my Sifu in the teaching of junior students, which has also been quite an amazing experience.
The problem's always been that I've been plagued by injuries. All the usual little sprains and strains I can deal with, they've presented no problem. But I always seemed to pick up a fairly nasty injury somehow. It was my childhood all over again.
Since last summer I began training STUK. Unfortunately I can only attend fortnightly at most if I wanna keep a realistic grasp on my finances. This didn't present a problem at first 'cos I practiced at home and thought I'd be able to make it into foundation in about 6 months.
Problem is, I've had a nagging injuries that have prevented me from training properly. I mean my fitness is ok, but it's no way near what it was, or what it should be for me to progress.
I just can't seem to make any progress with my original training or STUK cos of my damn body. It never seems to heal long enough for me to do any decent training.
I'll go to STUK and do the Qigong and Taiji Prep, but very rarely now do I do a gongfu class cos my body's not up to it. It's the same where I live, I train what I can, and I teach what I can but it's really limiting not being to be able to do what I know I can.
I really enjoy my training, especially at STUK, and I really want to progress, I'd especially like to learn more about buddhism, and need I say I have plans to go to Shaolin one day, but I don't think that my body will let me "fulfill" my aspirations. It's just messing up my head right now.
Oh my god, I've just realised how long I've been ranting on. Any thoughts/questions/advice you guys have would really be appreciated. Especially if any of you guys from STUK read this.
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