This week was very...different. We trained normally one day, did a short T.V. demonstration the next, then for the following 2 days we were part of an "audience" in a Chinese martial arts movie being made here in Wudang. It was pretty boring actually, just sitting there in the cold for about 8 hours pretending to be interested in the cheesy fight scenes being acted out onstage. Then we trained normally again on Tuesday but I think we all felt really weird and out of sorts from the drastic change in activity level. Wednesday we had to get up and get ready for another performance on the mountain. We waited for the bus to come pick us up for over an hour and then finally just left, in classic organized Chinese showbiz style, they didn't have the transportation worked out properly ahead of time. Then on Thursday (our day "off") we had to get up early and go to the temple for an exchange with some Canadian tourists. These exchanges are when a group shows up with martial arts background and we take turns showing each other forms and visit for a while, a pretty fun activity actually when it's not on the day off. This morning we were in the middle of our early morning practice when we were told to be ready to leave in 15 minutes for another day in the "audience". sigh. Off we went for another long day.

On top of all of that, the power was out for one day and then the following day our internet stopped working for 3 days. It finally got fixed this afternoon.

What a week! Craziness!