Shira's blogs

I have recently seen how much I actually value positive affirmation. As some days is really hard to even get out of bed, leading it to be really hard to do simple tasks as like eating and just 'normal' day things for others. As finding this ''out I have been having a LOT of gratitude towards my best friend. As even if I only did one thing that day, as it was the most simplest task, they are always right there cheering me on like I just achieved the best thing in the world! I know it may be a very small thing it always makes me more encouraged to do it again because I know I will always have that one friend cheering me on! My best friend doesn't relate to kung fu but they are always there when I am really happy that day because of kung fu they will always be right there listening to how things went! They are always right there cheering me on! I have been finding with their encouraging I have been able to do so much more and I always get into a much better mood with t...

Yesterday at open training noa, my dad and I were all sparing, then we started doing san sau, which is just sparing with takedowns. I found after when looking back I was just doing things that were like cemented into my brain if that makes sense? More of like I saw an opening and it was just like go go go! Normally when I’m sparing I have recently been trying to work on my technique instead of just jumping in, but this time it was more of I was just doing what felt right in the moment. When I sitting out and watching those that spare I always watch to see which type of sparing people do, like is it two hits and retreat or if they are the ones to counter. So then when I spare them I always try to use that to my advantage, if they are the one to wait for the other to strike first then I don’t give them that opportunity and I just keep going, like instead of doing 1 2 retreat I will do 1 2 3 4 5 then retreat throwing them off guard. Sparing is like a mental game. You have to always be...