Silly Goofs

Something I enjoy about the breaks is the opportunity to focus more on my own things and less on teaching. Don’t get me wrong; I greatly enjoy teaching. However, there are times where it feels like it takes up all of my energy and focus when on the mats, so I appreciate the chance to recenter. 

This last week, I torqued my knee while working on my lion dancing. I’ve been really focusing on the level of emotion I can convey using only my legs and have been experimenting with implementing more aggression and intensity to some of my steps to display a more “stern” side of the lion. I got carried away at one point and, with not a lot of energy left in the tank, stepped a little too hard and rolled into my knee. 

While the injury was minor to begin with, the mistake I made was continuing to aggravate it. Not my usual “I can keep going” sort of aggravation, but more of a “thinking it’s good and taking a bit too much risk” type of aggravation. Once I thought it was good, I went skiing. A little slip on the ice, and it was not so good anymore. Since then, I have been really listening to it and been pacing myself slowly, while trying to not be afraid of it either. 

One of my biggest developments over the last year or so is working on my understanding of my body and making sure I don’t abuse or take advantage of it. The more lessons I learn, the more I am able to grow to this end. 

Numbers (per last 7 days)

PU

62-93-62-31-780-0-20

SU

93-93-62-31-800-0-20

KM (total per last 7)

28.5km

AoK

5 per day