Brief Notes And How I Did In The Local Virtual Tournament...

So I ended up getting a bronze silver metal for my demonstration of Tae Guk Chung. (Short form Tai Chi)

This is the first form I learned, and though I am still perfecting it, I've made a lot of improvement in 2 months. 

That being said I've also found a couple of places where I've been twisting my knee slightly while doing this form. I've had to learn to retrain my muscle memory during a couple of the moves to open my foot, meaning to turn it out an angle before I make the move rather than after. However I will get this down. 

I am now down from 342 lb last April to 306 lb now, so my weight loss is on track. I also am feeling much much stronger walking around and moving through daily life. 

I am also trying to work small amounts of exercise in at various points throughout the day in order to help speed up strengthening my body for training. 

I don't really mind if it takes me 2 years, or 5 years, to get to a black belt. The point is to do it safely and preserve my mobility as I get older. That's the entire reason I started this style / system. 

I will persist. 

I bow to the students who have gone before me.

I bow to the instructors who have trained all my instructors throughout the lineage of my new art. 

I bow to all my fellow students. 

I am grateful for what I have found here, and those who have come before me.

Regards,

Dan Stafford