Tuesday,
class

-football first

-warm up
-practice test
-went over what are test is going to be like and what we have to know

: hand strikes A, hand strikes B, Pai Lum Blocks, Forearm blocks, kicks (front, side, roundhouse, hook, spinning back, crescents, spinning crescents, chinese crescent), short form of tiger/ movements of tiger, tension form, chinese stance excercise, self defenses, bo form, bo form techniques

-sifu said 5 out of 7 of us would pass, and I am pretty sure I am one of them because I felt good doing them.

Wed August 1st.
private lesson

-worked on self defense
-learned pounding jackal, my last self defense I need to know right now
-finished learning bo form
-it was about 2/3 of it, sifu was surprised i could remember all that
-went over a combo we did last night that i didnt get
-the first move is called bolo or something like that. i had never done it before. so i asked and he taught me.


Sifu said I was one of the students who would make the rank testing, so yes!

Thursday August 2nd,

-self defenses
-hand strikes A and B
-forms
-tension
-stance form
-bo form

-not a long practice, just briefly went over the material.

Saturday,
class.

-warm up
-bo form
-went over my other forms i need to know for rank testing.

-really tired of training for the test, because its so much repitition

Tuesday
Kungfu Class

-mountain climbs (in between sets did jelly bellies which are like crunches and leg lifts at the same time)
-pai lum blocks
-did them in all directions, with both hands, in same direction (it was confusing)
-sparred
-my best time sparring ever
-it was long like for 20 minutes
-got my sifu right in the face, but then he got me back
-self defense with partner

Thursday,
Kungfu Class

-warm up, lots of streches and ab workouts
-sparred
I think I did good. Different sparring partner then usual. Got him with the low roundhouse to high roundhouse to the face. 5 seconds later he got me with it lol. He probably won the fight but thats ok. I dont plan on beating him since he is a much higher rank and a lot older.
-worked on curriculum for testing with higher rank partner (same partner I sparred with)
-we went over bo form, then every move application for it
-chinese stance excercise, short form of tiger, movements of tiger, tension form
-self defenses (he attacked and I defended)

He says I will be good for testing

So my testing is this Saturday. I will have kungfu today (Tuesday) and Thursday. I will also go over some of the curriculum Wednesday to touch up on things. Friday I have a football scrimmage that I am hoping is really easy because I cant be worn out, I really shouldnt go but I dont have a choice.

Saturday I am going to wake up around 7 or 7:30. I will have to eat, warm up my body, and get ready. Then I will leave around 8:30 so I can get to the school around 9. When I get there I will warm up again, do some static stretches, then dynamic stretches. After that I will go over some of the forms, but just more mentally then physically.

I just want to finish all this. I am tired of going over the same things for testing. When I am done I am focusing on aerial kicks. I will be working on getting a better jump, and helping my spins in the air. I also have a kick routine to work on, so this will be my priority.

Tuesday (before 16th lol dont know date)
Kungfu Class

-Warm up
-Sparred
-toughest beating of my life
-sparred this guy who has done it for 17 years so its about a little less than ten years more than me.
-got hit in the face a ton (no helmets) with kicks
-hit him a couple times but he definately won
-his advice was knock to go back with his attacks and to just come in to them. know this advice but idk my head wasnt in the match i was too worn out
-45 minutes of getting ready for test
-did staff and helper left cuz i did fine
-self defenses with a different bryan
-briefly went over some other things
-he said i will breeze through the test

Saturday 18th,
Kungfu Testing

I PASSED! I now have a 8th lower level. Today I had no belt so its a big difference.
Good test. It was 1 hour 45 minutes long. We went through everything. My sparring was awesome. Sparred my 22 yr old friend. I got him with a lot of my kicks so it looked good to the spectators.

So now that testing is over I am focusing on the following:

Everyday- practice some sequence of aerials, spinning aerials, and some normal kicks

Monday- requirements for 10th lower level
Tuesday-class
Wed- requirements for 9th lower level
Thursday- class
Friday-requirements for 8th lower level
Saturday- class
Sunday- requirements for 7th lower level (dont know them yet)

This is with football going on. So there is no weightlifting days. When football ends, I am going to have to focus on just aerials and weights, only forms on weekends.