Tenacity

Kung fu movies. Have you ever noticed how they always involve violence? It's never, "Wow, watch how kung fu changes this person to someone so peaceful and serene." nor, "Watch how it helps him with relationship issues." It always involves some villain with a bad hair cut getting clobbered.
The movie Run Fat Boy Run, on the other hand, has a lovely little message about not giving up and pushing through all obstacles with extreme prejudice, no matter how mundane they appear. It is also hilarious, so I recommend it.

In other news, I've taken up playing Shogi ( http://www.japanesechess.org/ ), which is a terribly addicting chess-style board game. I'm hoping getting back in games like Shogi, Chess, and Go will help flex my strategy muscle.

As for the push ups, I'm still trying to reach 1k/1k/1 day. I feel bad about effectively wasting last weekend. I could have done, nay should have done, many more than I did. I will redeem myself this coming weekend.
I know I can't currently do 1k/1k on a week day, being stuck behind a wheel all day, and being rather certain that hopping out to do a set when my machine isn't moving. So far I'm setting my weekday goal for 500/500. If I work my but off, I'm confident I can make this on most days, with 200/200 being my minimum. I need to work on my speed, which has been my biggest short coming regarding my training.
One of my requirements for myself is to do 100 push ups per set, once I can do that I'm going to work towards compacting those sets into a time frame as close to one minute as possible. This is surely a long term goal!

Ben Davies
Silent River Kung Fu
Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada,
www.silentriverkungfu.com