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Despite yesterday having been primarily a legs day, in weight-training terms, it's my pecs which are sore. Odd. When I got to wing chun class and were were doing punching drills, I thought my deltoids were going to swell up and flap away. I really need to focus on relaxing throughout the exercises. I have a bad tendency of tensing up, when tension is the antithesis to quick, snappy movement.
You'd think I'd be somewhat good at this, since it's also a necessary element of my dance, but no.
However, my posture is definitely improving in wing chun. I'm not duck-butting anymore (hallelujah!), and I'm getting much better at maintaining my posture by way of my psoas rather than through my glutes. My back thanks me most heartily for this progression.
Although the wing chun class ends at 10, for the last couple of classes, Sifu Chuck has stayed late and discussed applications, technique, and chop sokky flicks until 11 with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
gha5t and me. What a nice guy!
And now for your dosage of linke....
![[Flash!]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/88aa9698f802/2919457-515541/news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/07/sci_nat_enl_1171381247/img/laun.jpg "[Flash!]")
Large squid lights up for attack: "Big deep-sea squid emit blinding flashes of light as they attack their prey, research shows." Nifty!
Insane optician takes on customers, reporter, and the police: I need new glasses. This guy is relatively close by, but I now know where not to go, now (thanks,gha5t).
Russian Mortal Combat: A video of a bunch of booze beggars getting all riled up. Watch for a very special moment of stupidity and klutziness. You'll know it when you see it.
And for those of you who care, here are a whole wack of useful links on improving your backbends. Enjoy!
The Compassionate Backbend
Fearless Backbends
Bend it Like This
The Gripping Truth (How to avoid tightening buttocks during backbends)
A Yen for Backbends
My back is a slab of granite I think
You'd think I'd be somewhat good at this, since it's also a necessary element of my dance, but no.
However, my posture is definitely improving in wing chun. I'm not duck-butting anymore (hallelujah!), and I'm getting much better at maintaining my posture by way of my psoas rather than through my glutes. My back thanks me most heartily for this progression.
Although the wing chun class ends at 10, for the last couple of classes, Sifu Chuck has stayed late and discussed applications, technique, and chop sokky flicks until 11 with
gha5t and me. What a nice guy!And now for your dosage of linke....
Large squid lights up for attack: "Big deep-sea squid emit blinding flashes of light as they attack their prey, research shows." Nifty!
Insane optician takes on customers, reporter, and the police: I need new glasses. This guy is relatively close by, but I now know where not to go, now (thanks,
gha5t).Russian Mortal Combat: A video of a bunch of booze beggars getting all riled up. Watch for a very special moment of stupidity and klutziness. You'll know it when you see it.
And for those of you who care, here are a whole wack of useful links on improving your backbends. Enjoy!
The Compassionate Backbend
Fearless Backbends
Bend it Like This
The Gripping Truth (How to avoid tightening buttocks during backbends)
A Yen for Backbends
My back is a slab of granite I think
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Date: 2007-02-14 05:13 pm (UTC)From:The "special moment of klutziness" made me LOL repeatedly. It just doesn't get any funnier than that. Maybe if one of your friends did that right in front of you...that might be a lethal dose of humor.