Winding Down Continued

Imbetween the two days of  Wushu Belt Testing at Cal Wushu, we had our end of the year banquet as always Cal Wushu did a great job.......good food.......and good to just relax and have some fun and enjoy each others company.  Though, I should mention there are some hungry guys on the Team..........the first table finished not only their food but came over to finish ours too!!  thanks to Cheri for doing a great job as this semesters MSO...............and all the people that helped out including Tami, Darren, Shahaub, Ben.....................and thanks to James for passing out souvenirs from the Beijing Team 2005 Tour..............it was certainly great for all the new students who missed that event!!

Cheri was this semester's MSO for Cal Wushu,planned the year end banquet at King Dong  in Berkeley.

Cari,Shahaub, Alex, John, Seward, John....made up the big table in front......the food disappeared as it touched their table!!

It was good to see Kai who dropped in during testing...................he's finishing the CGI work for the new Star Trek Movie.......................talked to him about seeing my acupuntrist Aaron............as always if you have an injury take care of it....then work out.....otherwise you risk furhter injury and it takes longer to heal!  Speaking of healing good to see Harry back.........he hurt himself badly during skateboarding.................poked his ankle bone out at a crazy angle.........but Aaron fixed him up........after 5 weeks he's back rock climbing and doing wushu again!!  Also back was Michael from his Wudang Competition............too bad he got Mao's revenge and did not survive the food in China.................unfortunately in the not so develop parts of China still possible to get sick from the food......we are just too use to hygenic food!!  The tournament though was on an Olympic scale....with a big opening ceremony..........2000 people doing Taiji....forming a huge Yin and Yang symbol..............in a huge stadium....about 20,000 or so fans in attendance........................

This is Michael's Silver medal from the 3rd World Traditional  Wushu Tournament in Wudang.  On the right is a commemorative silver coin to commemorate the event.......over 1 Troy ounce of silver!!

Michael won his medal with the Flying Crane Broadsword form from the Tibetan white Crane System....jiayo Michael!

Finally, while not a problem in most Wushu Schools........but because I have a very vast curriculum...........sometimes students are not sure what to practice..............of course you must concentrate on what's being taught now.......but don't forget to practice what you have already learned................otherwise you learn something new and forget the old.......also sometimes you have to spend time on what you like most.....not everyone will like the same forms......pick what suits you....................and you have that luxury because I teach so many styles.....so enjoy and have fun learning!  Ok time for class, later!!