Well I am on cloud nine. Went to my first southern praying mantis class last night. It was soooo awesome. It felt soooo good to train again. It is quite a bit different than the Sil Lum I had been training. The stances were similar, just small tweaks I had to make. First we stretched and did some warm-up exercises. The push-ups kicked my butt...push-ups have always been the hardest exercise for me...and oh man they do some major push-up exercises. It's gonna take me quite a while to get those done properly me thinks. And my arms are already quite developed.
Next we did some stance training, and what was cool was that afterward the stances were combined into a form. Then I worked on some "walking" and then some sticky hand drills, but they don't call it sticky hands, I can't remember the term they use. Then we did another drill, again, can't remember the terms yet, but it was a rooting drill. I thought I might be sore this morning but I'm fine, just a feeling a little bit in the shoulders.
Class was an hour and half long, and even though the kwoon was air-conditioned, I was absolutely dripping sweat. I loved it. So I signed up before leaving. Next class is tomorrow. I can't wait! Woohoo! I am so pumped I'm still on an adreneline high this morning. Yipee!!!!
Special thanks to John for turning me on to the school (Riley says hi) and to Adam for the stance reassurance. :asian:
Next we did some stance training, and what was cool was that afterward the stances were combined into a form. Then I worked on some "walking" and then some sticky hand drills, but they don't call it sticky hands, I can't remember the term they use. Then we did another drill, again, can't remember the terms yet, but it was a rooting drill. I thought I might be sore this morning but I'm fine, just a feeling a little bit in the shoulders.
Class was an hour and half long, and even though the kwoon was air-conditioned, I was absolutely dripping sweat. I loved it. So I signed up before leaving. Next class is tomorrow. I can't wait! Woohoo! I am so pumped I'm still on an adreneline high this morning. Yipee!!!!
Special thanks to John for turning me on to the school (Riley says hi) and to Adam for the stance reassurance. :asian:
