11-09-2018, 04:11 AM
(This post was last modified: 11-09-2018, 04:32 AM by Drunk Monk.)
Yesterday (Thursday) was Decheng’s visit to the office. He’s staying with Ye Shifu, a former Shaolin monk who is technically my elder KF brother. In a surreal twist, Yes’s House is being reconstructed so they aren’t there, just Decheng. It was a lot of traffic, more than I calculated for, and that was draining because driving in traffic while trying to hold a conversation in mandarin is beyond me. The office visit was fruitful and we got 2 solid articles. He seemed to enjoy the process and gave up a lot of precious info. Unfortunately all the apps I wanted him to demonstrate went to my left arm, still suffering repercussions of my failed plumbing attempts. Then when we got back to Ye’s, no one was there. Ye’s wife left the key in the mailbox, a fact that she emailed me after we left the office to my work email which I can’t pick up from my phone. After texting, wechatting and phoning, we finally connected and that was solved.
I went to practice tonight to work on Da Luohan - my legs aren’t so sore but still no deep stances. I remember the form well enough. It’s a nice one, a keeper. Who says you can’t teach and old DM new tricks? Came home, took a long epsom salt bath and crashed. I’ve woken almost every hour since - it’s qi induced insomnia, something I’ve had issues with in the past. Sifu Lam worked with me on it when I used to suffer from it over two decades ago.
Tonight is the last lesson this year - 8-section brocade - a popular qigong method that has been part of my daily regimen for years. I first learned it from Decheng in 95 and have studied many variations since, including a refresher from him maybe a decade ago.
This weekend will be a whirlwind - Saturday is work on Macbeth then a show at Stanford, Sunday it’s down to SD until Tuesday for my daughter’s 19th, Wednesday more work on Macbeth, then T-day the following week. No rest for the wicked. Well, SD should be somewhat restful. Monday won’t be a travel day.
I went to practice tonight to work on Da Luohan - my legs aren’t so sore but still no deep stances. I remember the form well enough. It’s a nice one, a keeper. Who says you can’t teach and old DM new tricks? Came home, took a long epsom salt bath and crashed. I’ve woken almost every hour since - it’s qi induced insomnia, something I’ve had issues with in the past. Sifu Lam worked with me on it when I used to suffer from it over two decades ago.
Tonight is the last lesson this year - 8-section brocade - a popular qigong method that has been part of my daily regimen for years. I first learned it from Decheng in 95 and have studied many variations since, including a refresher from him maybe a decade ago.
This weekend will be a whirlwind - Saturday is work on Macbeth then a show at Stanford, Sunday it’s down to SD until Tuesday for my daughter’s 19th, Wednesday more work on Macbeth, then T-day the following week. No rest for the wicked. Well, SD should be somewhat restful. Monday won’t be a travel day.
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