Games Afoot

So, some things are afoot.

Tomorrow is the San Shou meet. It should be amazing since I've never had the chance to work with other schools, nor have I done traditional San Shou. I am quite giddy.

There is now a black belt sparring night forming on wednesday nights and I couldn't be happier. It is rather rare that we get to spar each other so I feel it is necessary.

Dave McNeil's seminars are coming up and I am soooooo glad that I managed to get enough money together to attend them all. I feel assured he won't disapoint.

Well, I have practicing to do.
Davies out.

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

A Spare Moment?

Finally a spare moment to write my blog!

Due to one member having family business to attend to we have delayed the canoe trip. Sadly, this delay may stretch to August or longer.

I've been thinking a lot about trying to out maneuver my opponents when sparring and parrying/deflecting in place of blocking. Blocking dissipates energy into both parties and forcing recovery time. On the other hand, if I deflect I have no recovery time while they do.
Ultimately my goal is to get their back either by getting behind or, preferably, by spinning them.
I'm really looking forward to my next sparring matches to try out some new techniques.

I'll write more tomorrow when I have more time.

Ben Davies
Silent River Kung fu
Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada

Pirates vs. Ninjas

Time for another adventure. This coming week I'll be canoeing from Rocky Mountain House to Devon. It should be an awesome experience. Doing situps and pushups in the middle of said canoe shall be rather nice. Our origional plan was for a hiking trip, but when we looked at a map we noticed the serpentine North Saskatchewan and couldn't resist.


In other news: Tiger Hooks.
I'm working on making a musical form with my tiger hooks. It will be delicious. I might go with One Winged Angel II, or some Samael, or I may use some Apocalyptica.

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