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"More grows in the garden than the gardener sows"
~ Spanish Proverb

Welcome to Scribbles & Sticks, my personal journey along the Kung Fu path. Explore with me in learning the life lessons that come with attempting to achieve mastery. Perhaps Scribbles & Sticks will inspire you on your own personal improvement journey.

For those who don't know, the school I go to is Silent River Kung Fu (SRKF), and the team I'm on that has got me blogging is called I Ho Chuan (IHC). The website for SRKF is https://www.silentriverkungfu.ca/

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Elizabeth

Apr 7, 20212 min read

Yay! I can do stuff again.

The physiotherapist has given me the OK to do exercises other than just the ones she gives me. Still no arm rotations, no lifting...

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Elizabeth

Mar 17, 20211 min read

2 Steps Forward 3 (or more?) Back

Training continues to be adversely affected. I tried to catch up on some of my numbers on the weekend, which was great! I'm paying for it...

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Elizabeth

Mar 10, 20211 min read

Physiotherapy has started

Had my first physiotherapy session last Saturday. We'll see how it goes. I have my exercises to do for that now. Physiotherapy certainly...

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Elizabeth

Mar 3, 20211 min read

Then there are those days

So much for the good start to the year. Boy it doesn't take long! Training has been interrupted. Been having trouble sleeping lately, a...

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Elizabeth

Feb 24, 20212 min read

Flexibility Versus Mobility

Much of what we do in Kung Fu requires flexibility. Flexibility: the quality of bending easily without breaking. For example, my horse...

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Elizabeth

Feb 15, 20213 min read

Ox Planning

It's the start of the Year of the Ox, and, like last year at this time, I'm planning. Last year, some plans worked and other didn't. So,...

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Elizabeth

Feb 13, 20211 min read

Goodbye Rat, I'll Always Remember You

The Year of the Rat, also known as the year of firsts, for me at least. My first year of I Ho Chuan The first year of COVID-19 My first...

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Elizabeth

Feb 5, 20211 min read

Kilometers - Done!

The goal of 1609 kilometers of walking, running, biking (i.e. under my own power) is done! This was the only other goal, based on my...

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Elizabeth

Feb 2, 20211 min read

1000 RAoK - Done!

As of writing this blog, I'm at 1083 Random Acts of Kindness out of the 1000 that was the goal for the year. That feels good! It's one of...

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Elizabeth

Jan 18, 20211 min read

Muscle Memory

Something interesting happened during the last livestream class. Those students who had video were paired up and got to "spar" with each...

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Elizabeth

Jan 9, 20211 min read

Unexpected Road Blocks

As some of you are aware, yesterday was stressful because my dog started having issues. I thought maybe he had a stroke - he had loss of...

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Elizabeth

Jan 4, 20211 min read

More Effortless Effort

There are very few of the numbers requirements that I'm on track to complete successfully, but my kilometers for the year is one of them....

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Elizabeth

Jan 2, 20212 min read

Do, Don't do, Doing, Done

As mentioned before, most of my numbers won't be met by the end of this Chinese year. I'm too far behind on my situps and pushups to be...

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Elizabeth

Dec 15, 20201 min read

Finally... Some Kung Fu Insight!

Was practicing my forms last night and noticed something. It was easier to... slide (not quite the right word) from one stance to another...

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Elizabeth

Dec 13, 20201 min read

The Mind is a Curious Thing

Lately I've been looking into various exercises so that I can increase my body's ability to do things like proper pushups and improve...

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Elizabeth

Dec 3, 20201 min read

Unchained

Today is the first day in a while where I felt unchained from my desk. There's still more work to do but it was nice to "poke my head up"...

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Elizabeth

Nov 18, 20201 min read

Math

Well, I've done the math, and it's EXTREMELY unlikely that I can accomplish the 50,000 mark this year for the situps and pushups. My body...

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Elizabeth

Nov 8, 20201 min read

"Effortless effort"

At one of the IHC meetings someone mentioned that using a smart watch to measure all their kilometers felt a bit like cheating, or at...

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Elizabeth

Nov 6, 20202 min read

Overcoming Obstacles

Frustrations lack of progress numbers slowed to almost nil lack of motivation, or self-discipline, or both? Sifu Hayes, I think that's...

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Elizabeth

Oct 26, 20202 min read

Learning

LEARNING FROM/WITH THE STUDENTS It's been a while... again. Sorry! Spent the last week being the Clinic Supervisor for Student Clinic...

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