thoughts!

I'm now about halfway done learning the sword form that I mentioned in my last post. It's so great! As a weapon I think it suits me pretty well and a couple of people here have mentioned it too. It's quite a lot of work especially on my right shoulder but I'm already starting to get stronger too. I really like the crispness of the movements and the grace of the form itself.

Mel's learning the horsewhisk form too and it looks really hard! She's been practicing a lot though! I'm really proud of her. I would also like to learn that form too, maybe Mel can teach me when we get home.

There's something so wonderful about being able to just practice kung fu all day, every day. In all my life there's nothing that's made me happier than kung fu and being able to focus on just that is pretty much a dream come true. I would love to be able to live like this at home. They are starting a 3 year and a 5 year program here that starts this September that I'm seriously considering doing it. So is Mel but it's a lot of money to save up all at once. Looking at room and board and training and all that at it's actually quite cheap but it's a lot of money to save up in about 6 months and a long time to spend in China away from everyone that's dear to me.

I'll have to think very seriously about it. I've been thinking a lot about what I want to do with the rest of my life since I got here. Spending so much time doing what I want to do has made me wonder why I've been wasting so much time on other stuff so far.