Robyn's Travels

Yay for Kung Fu sparring!

After a challenging day of work, I almost went straight home to recuperate.  Thankfully, I forced myself to make it to my 4th night of Kung Fu in a row.  And although I was tortured in the first 30 minutes with excruciatingly sore stretching exercises, I was rewarded with the first opportunity to do light sparring in class!

The idea is to go very slowly in your sparring, to get an understanding of how to move, how to block, and how to strike.  Sometimes one gets a little excited and goes a little too fast, which could cause some unexpected bruising so soon in the game.  My friend Liesbeth and I were having a lot of fun trying to incorporate Choy Lay Fut arm strikes into the sparring, while trying to protect ourselves from low blows and kicks.  I realize that I am better being defensive than offensive.  This will take A LOT of time and practice, but I can’t wait to really dig into sparring in 2012!