What? You thought it was over?

Need I remind you that there is no off switch on a tiger?

I've been working on my stance goal. 10 minutes of legs parallel horse stance.

A stance that low is not practical for fighting, but the physical goal of achieving this is what I'm going for. It requires muscular endurance, and mental toughness.

I am alternating between holding the stance and resting. Right now I can do 9 sets of 35 seconds, with 9, 25 second rests, followed by 40 seconds of holding the stance, then a day of rest.

One Year

One year,
Five Ten Tigers members
84 private lessons taught, (I still owe 2 for Dean)
35,000 pushups and situps
750 forms repetitions
25 hours of sparring
750 cardio rounds
350 miles
60 hours in stance
365 random acts of kindness
Kayaking, Tae Kwon Do, South Mantis, pinching nerves, poking each other with sticks, installing a latrine/outhouse, Crane/Snake. . .
Bonsai beginnings
Read the Tao te Ch'ing, books by Tolle and Thich Naht Hahn
Competed in a tournament
Wrote, wrote, wrote.

It seems like so little now, it seemed like so much one year ago.