Gonna do a tournament
Well, I'm going to go with Jia to the USWKF International Wushu tournament in Chicago in June. So I have a little less than 2 months to prepare. And I haven't done Bagua in a month, so I kind of suck right now. :)
Jia says I should enter 4 events at beginner (or if I feel lucky, intermediate) level. He says I should get 3 medals, maybe 4 if I'm lucky.
I'm a little disappointed. Johnathan and David took Chicago by storm two years ago -- Johnathan had 2 years of training and David had one. They left with 5 medals a piece from the advanced competitions.
I know WHY I'm not as good as they were -- there are a lot of reasons, but mainly its because I'm studying too many styles at once and I don't have enough performing experience... But I still hoped I could be good enough to medal in 5 advanced competitions, so I could tie them both.
I feel like if I could do a private lesson with him 5 days a week, I could polish everything up enough to win some advanced medals -- and I could get there fast. But I don't have the money to pay him, I'm already trading English lessons for classes, and I would feel like a low dirty bastard if I asked him for any of his time for free.
Eh, I don't know what I'm whining about -- the real reason I'm upset is that I'm holding myself to an unreasonably high standard. But everyone has to have a dream!!!
Jia says I should enter 4 events at beginner (or if I feel lucky, intermediate) level. He says I should get 3 medals, maybe 4 if I'm lucky.
I'm a little disappointed. Johnathan and David took Chicago by storm two years ago -- Johnathan had 2 years of training and David had one. They left with 5 medals a piece from the advanced competitions.
I know WHY I'm not as good as they were -- there are a lot of reasons, but mainly its because I'm studying too many styles at once and I don't have enough performing experience... But I still hoped I could be good enough to medal in 5 advanced competitions, so I could tie them both.
I feel like if I could do a private lesson with him 5 days a week, I could polish everything up enough to win some advanced medals -- and I could get there fast. But I don't have the money to pay him, I'm already trading English lessons for classes, and I would feel like a low dirty bastard if I asked him for any of his time for free.
Eh, I don't know what I'm whining about -- the real reason I'm upset is that I'm holding myself to an unreasonably high standard. But everyone has to have a dream!!!