Changing habits//Convenience

I managed a minor victory today. I got up at 5.30am and did some bagua practice before my day properly began.

I have to confess I'm feeling it a little now. Is is that my imagination?  I probably feel no worse than I do most mornings.

If I can keep this up, training will become much more convenient for me. I should easily manage an hour a day. My girlfriend goes to the gym some evenings now. There is danger of a clash there - unless I train in the morning.

Kinda suits the usual image of the IMA
player practicing at sunruse, too.  Doesn't it?

Erle Montaigue bagua vid

Watch "Bagua Fighting: The Beginning, Volume One: Montaigue" on YouTube

Interesting ideas about peripheral vision.

Ouch

Still aching from class on Friday.  Have the day off work tomorrow.  Ostensibly to decorate the bathroom but I hope i can get some training in too.  Probably lower body as it feels like I'm on the cusp of a breakthrough.

Intermission

I hate when illness and such take me out of my usual training regime.

Still got a bit of a cough, but back to normal tonight.

Cool.

Watch "Luo Dexiu demo NAMT 11 vo.mp4" on YouTube

Luo Laoshi on YouTube. Enjoy.

Keeping motivated

Training regularly is much easier in the right frame of mind. Deciding to enjoy the time spent training, for me, involves:

1. No longer focusing on what I can't do or applications I have trouble with.

2. Bear in mind that regular training will bear fruit in time. Even if it doesn't feel like it mid-train.

3. Training is not a chore - it is a simple decision to enjoy it. I find a cup of lapsang souchong helps with that.

4. If you miss a day or can't train for a while, it is not the end of the world. And certainly no reason to stop altogether. Just carry on again when you can.

Just a little reminder for myself, while I sit here on my phone, not training!

Dedication to Tyr

I have made what you might call a resolution to up my training significantly.

I also hope to train wiser and target those areas in which I am currently lacking.

When I think about it, it is such a small thing to include more bagua practice into my day.  The reality of my life, though, is that there is always something else that could also be occupying any time I do give to training.

I guess I just have to accept that I need to prioritise my bagua to ensure I get more training done.  Sacrifices might even have to be made.

Update coming soon....

In the meantime, check me out on Twitter at #baguabeard.