My strengths and weakness
Without kung-fu I would not be the same person I am today, and that in it of its self is one of my greatest strengths. Kung-fu has strengthened my body and my mind, and that is some thing that I learned it’s not all about the physical it’s mental too. The physical part is just push-up’s and sit-up’s which is not as easy as I make it out to be but it’s not nearly as hard mental. The mental for me is part of controlling my temper it sounds easy when I am not mad in the smallest bit, but when I do get mad I gets so hard for me to control it. Motivation some times I find myself getting up later and later to the point where I get up and I feel happy until I look at the clock. Some of my weaknesses are like cracks and some of them are like chasms. my temper is a chasm and another thing that is a chasm is tendency to leave things to the last minute or should I say procrastination for instance my ten tiger work-out like at midnight I will find myself with all of the work-out left. I hope it will not be my weakness forever.
As a member my family my greatest strength is my humor making people laugh is really fun to me, I makes me laugh, coming up with new and better jokes to make them laugh even harder is fun to me Bringing a little bit more fun in to the world. I use all sorts of jokes to my advantage but by far my most used humor weapon is of coarse sarcasm it may be the best tool to make people laugh but it is the most dangers weapon be because it can hurt some ones feelings and trying to make some one laugh that is out of the question, or the joke. As for my weaknesses I believe that my greatest weakness lies in my temper, it may be the same as above but I think that it is my greatest weakness, it aggravates me when I lose it, “yeah I get mad when I get mad”. I’m trying to stop it and indeed sometimes wining but sometimes not. I see it as my weakness because it correlates to so many of my other weakness.
As a member of my community I think that my greatest strength is my willingness to help, for instance doing a clean up on the lake bottom (by the way what do you think on getting you guys down here to do something like that) I find clean ups very fun. And that’s about it for the community
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
My Strengths and Weaknesses.
My Strengths: I believe that my strengths (somebody tell me if I'm wrong) are fearlessness, specifically meeting new people.
The new people, Joe, Eloy, Melisa, and Jeremy, I'm actively try to make friends with all of them, I'm already friends with Joe!
My other strengths are solidity, forgetting pain, and, well, strength.
Forgetting pain... its hard to describe but I'll use an example, like when someone throws a weight at your head and you sit there for a few seconds rubbing your head, then you get up to spar.
It's when you take a hard right hook that knock you to the ground before you noticed you've been hit, then you get back up.
It's when someone says something hurtful then thirty seconds later you give them a hug.
That's forgetting pain.
Solidity in my case refers to a solid basic stance, I may not be able to do a completely parallel horse stance, but its solid.
That's me, solid mind, solid body (maybe a little to solid), and a solid family.
Strength is in family, I do what is required, if that means going outside to help lift a giant Wooden fish then so be it. If that means comforting my sister then so be it. I help where I can and leave well enough alone elswhere.
my Weaknesses: My number one weakness is weak will, I can't stop myself from, eating to much, procrastinating, and being lazy.
A bad combonation for a martial artist,
and as a result of my number one weakness I have a low cardio level, which mean that I can't run very far without being winded.
I also tend to be to contented and not active enough, which only gets worse during winter.
that is as good as I can put it.
eli
The new people, Joe, Eloy, Melisa, and Jeremy, I'm actively try to make friends with all of them, I'm already friends with Joe!
My other strengths are solidity, forgetting pain, and, well, strength.
Forgetting pain... its hard to describe but I'll use an example, like when someone throws a weight at your head and you sit there for a few seconds rubbing your head, then you get up to spar.
It's when you take a hard right hook that knock you to the ground before you noticed you've been hit, then you get back up.
It's when someone says something hurtful then thirty seconds later you give them a hug.
That's forgetting pain.
Solidity in my case refers to a solid basic stance, I may not be able to do a completely parallel horse stance, but its solid.
That's me, solid mind, solid body (maybe a little to solid), and a solid family.
Strength is in family, I do what is required, if that means going outside to help lift a giant Wooden fish then so be it. If that means comforting my sister then so be it. I help where I can and leave well enough alone elswhere.
my Weaknesses: My number one weakness is weak will, I can't stop myself from, eating to much, procrastinating, and being lazy.
A bad combonation for a martial artist,
and as a result of my number one weakness I have a low cardio level, which mean that I can't run very far without being winded.
I also tend to be to contented and not active enough, which only gets worse during winter.
that is as good as I can put it.
eli
Monday, March 29, 2010
Strengths are harder to claim than weaknesses!
My main strength as a martial artist is my love of the art. It took me by surprise, and that love is what is carrying me through the unlikeliness of ever becoming a martial artist. Though I still can't quite believe I will ever be good at it, I enjoy every little thing about it, and revel in the details. I can apply hung gar stances to moving ice-encrusted tree limbs, use gung gee as an emotionally-stabilizing response to stress, and find epiphanies in sparring.
My weakness, however, is that doubt that I see written in my strength statement above – I hesitate to believe in myself and that sometimes keeps me from doing my best. At the lion dance seminar, I heard myself convincing myself (odd as that sounds) that I could not remember the steps when it was my turn in the lion. Sure enough, that's what happened!
I can see myself a little more clearly when I think of the persona of martial artist. That's so new to me that it's easier to identify strengths and weaknesses. Evaluating strengths as a member of my family is much harder. Perhaps it comes down to love, again? Certainly the power of my love at the birth of each of my children took me by surprise – and continues to still today. My main strength within my family might be that they can always count on me to love them each day, and to act on that love consistently.
My weakness is that sometimes I steamroll right over those I love and try to arrange the world for them, forgetting that each person must make their own way and claim their world for themselves. I can't bear to see any member of my family disappointed, and so I do anything I can think of to avoid letting it happen.
As a part of my community, my main strength is that same ability to steamroll and make things happen when necessary. I can get a lot of things done when they are left in my hands. However, I know very well my weakness is that I do not play nice with others. I do not tend to function well within a community, but rather as an individual. When I can think of my community in terms of individuals, or serve my community by helping individuals, I do much better.
This was hard to write, and made me uncomfortable -- which is how I know it's helped me a grow a bit more tonight. A little like performance. Little by little, like improving a form, I'm learning to move toward those things that make me flinch.
My weakness, however, is that doubt that I see written in my strength statement above – I hesitate to believe in myself and that sometimes keeps me from doing my best. At the lion dance seminar, I heard myself convincing myself (odd as that sounds) that I could not remember the steps when it was my turn in the lion. Sure enough, that's what happened!
I can see myself a little more clearly when I think of the persona of martial artist. That's so new to me that it's easier to identify strengths and weaknesses. Evaluating strengths as a member of my family is much harder. Perhaps it comes down to love, again? Certainly the power of my love at the birth of each of my children took me by surprise – and continues to still today. My main strength within my family might be that they can always count on me to love them each day, and to act on that love consistently.
My weakness is that sometimes I steamroll right over those I love and try to arrange the world for them, forgetting that each person must make their own way and claim their world for themselves. I can't bear to see any member of my family disappointed, and so I do anything I can think of to avoid letting it happen.
As a part of my community, my main strength is that same ability to steamroll and make things happen when necessary. I can get a lot of things done when they are left in my hands. However, I know very well my weakness is that I do not play nice with others. I do not tend to function well within a community, but rather as an individual. When I can think of my community in terms of individuals, or serve my community by helping individuals, I do much better.
This was hard to write, and made me uncomfortable -- which is how I know it's helped me a grow a bit more tonight. A little like performance. Little by little, like improving a form, I'm learning to move toward those things that make me flinch.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Strengths and Weaknesses.
As a martial artist I have a big strength in that I can consume information quickly and have it solid in my mind quickly. Pair that quality with my ability to understand body movements and mimic them easily and it is easy for me to learn movements, techniques, forms, etc.
But that is not my biggest strength as a martial artist. My biggest strength is my desire to improve myself. Without this, the physical talents would be sitting idly by.
Oddly enough, my biggest weakness, is my tendency to procrastinate, and my lack of ability to motivate myself to get up and do the work that needs to be done to master something. (Why I created the TT program) It is so easy for me to put off my workout to another day. Some part of me seems to know that since it takes little effort for me to learn it, that I should just keep using little effort.
My biggest strength as a member of my family is my desire to improve myself. I always want to become a better husband, father, etc. To accomplish this I work on communicating clearly and considerately, listening, etc. I do what I can to make my family run more smoothly.
My weakness as a member of my family is my tendency to procrastinate. I can always find a way to put off a chore, save a project for later, so on and so forth. Menial tasks are so easy for me to forget about.
My biggest strength as a member of my community is (guess what) my desire to improve myself. I want to be able to do more to help the people in the world around me. I want to be able to do more to remove suffering and add joy to people's lives.
My biggest weakness (hmmmm I wonder what he's going to say) is my tendency to procrastinate.
That reminds me, I need to call Soles for Souls.
www.franklinkungfu.com
eastwestkungfu.ning.com
But that is not my biggest strength as a martial artist. My biggest strength is my desire to improve myself. Without this, the physical talents would be sitting idly by.
Oddly enough, my biggest weakness, is my tendency to procrastinate, and my lack of ability to motivate myself to get up and do the work that needs to be done to master something. (Why I created the TT program) It is so easy for me to put off my workout to another day. Some part of me seems to know that since it takes little effort for me to learn it, that I should just keep using little effort.
My biggest strength as a member of my family is my desire to improve myself. I always want to become a better husband, father, etc. To accomplish this I work on communicating clearly and considerately, listening, etc. I do what I can to make my family run more smoothly.
My weakness as a member of my family is my tendency to procrastinate. I can always find a way to put off a chore, save a project for later, so on and so forth. Menial tasks are so easy for me to forget about.
My biggest strength as a member of my community is (guess what) my desire to improve myself. I want to be able to do more to help the people in the world around me. I want to be able to do more to remove suffering and add joy to people's lives.
My biggest weakness (hmmmm I wonder what he's going to say) is my tendency to procrastinate.
That reminds me, I need to call Soles for Souls.
www.franklinkungfu.com
eastwestkungfu.ning.com
my strengths and weaknesses
I find it quite difficult to write more about my strengths than my weaknesses. In job interviews, it is usually one of the first questions asked. “As an employee, what do you believe is your greatest strength?” I recall getting this question multiple times when I have been on the job hunt in the past. I always began by apologizing if I sounded conceited. It is easier for me to analyze my weaknesses. I try to improve myself as a person each and everyday. In order to do that, you have to beat yourself up a bit every now and then. The tricky part is not overdoing it. As a seventh grade teacher, I see my students do that a little too much at times. They have good intentions to better themselves as a student, athlete, and human being. Yet, it seems they set their expectations a little too high at times only to let themselves down. Often times, they have yet to develop the emotional strength to handle that. Of course, that will come with age, and I always tell them their only goal should be to get a little better everyday. As a Language Arts teacher, one of the biggest frustrations I receive from students is not being able to read as well as me. I tell them that the only difference is I have been reading over twenty years longer. THAT’S THE ONLY DIFFERENCE. If they keep reading, they will continue to improve, and most of them will surpass me. I’m perfectly okay with that. I don’t mind students evolving past my level of knowledge. I just hope that I planted the seed to get them there.
I guess that brings me to my biggest strength as a martial artist. It is my willingness to work hard to get a little better everyday. Please keep in mind this is my opinion. I may be completely wrong, and that’s okay. I believe that one of the benefits of being part of the 10 Tigers program is having my sifu, kung fu sisters, and kung fu brothers to let me know the truth in their eyes. The only result is for me to improve in some way, and that’s the important thing. I started studying kung fu when I was in my early thirties. I came to it much later than most people. When I was a child, my parents enrolled me in Wado Ryu karate classes. Wado Ryu is huge in Tennessee. I asked about getting involved in martial arts classes after watching BLACK BELT THEATER every Saturday at 3 P.M. My first experience with martial arts was very disappointing. They were not doing the things I saw on TV every Saturday afternoon. That was the stuff I wanted to learn. As a young boy on a 400 acre farm in a town with 700 people, knowing the difference between kung fu and karate was not on the priority list. I was watching Hong Kong cinema on the weekends, taking a class in Japanese karate. Also, times were different back then. The students were all adults except for me and one other person. I felt out of place, and due to my age I could not keep up with the rest of the class. Obviously, times have changed because it seems more children are involved with the martial arts than adults now. I told my parents that I did not want to continue. Plus, it was not the stuff I was seeing on TV. It bored me compared to what I now know to be Shaw Brothers films as well as Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan movies.
A couple of decades plus some later, I was working out at a local gym. They started kung fu classes there. At the time, I thought that was interesting and nothing more. I honestly had no desire whatsoever to train. The teacher, Kevin McCoy, would talk to me on a regular basis as I worked out. One day, I decided to pop into his class and watch while I was cooling down after a workout. I was hooked. This was the stuff I saw on TV as a child. This was kung fu, real kung fu. I began my training. The training was heavy on conditioning and real life self defense rather than scoring a point in a tournament. Plus, the philosophical side was there. That was the most important ingredient for me at the time.
I’ve studied kung fu ever since. I have had to train on my own due to schools closing down, but I choose to focus on the positive. It allowed me to travel around and see what other places were doing, seeing what worked and did not. I found that I liked Muay Thai a lot, but also found that a lot of kung fu schools out there should just put karate on the door and be honest. It was an interesting adventure. Knowledge is strength, and I have seen the good, the bad, and the ugly in the world of martial arts. I am thankful to have a wonderful kung fu family and wonderful teachers. I am also grateful to have the willingness to continue to learn. A lot of that has come with age, especially the patience part.
I believe my biggest weakness as a martial artist is my knowledge of ground fighting. I worked on this early in my kung fu training until I had shoulder surgery, then I backed off. My first kung fu instructor dedicated Saturday classes to ground fighting and Wing Chun training for the most part. Ground fighting is obviously becoming very popular with UFC and all that. I’m more concerned with techniques that can help me on the streets with ground fighting and defending against it. I have no desire to compete in an octagon. Tied with ground fighting for my biggest weakness is pressure points. I struggle with those as well. Hopefully, my willingness to learn will overcome these shortcomings one day. Kung fu for me is a life long journey, so I just try to get a little bit better everyday.
My biggest strength as a family member is my devotion. I truly love my family and will do whatever I can to help them when needed. Times do exist when I am frustrated with my family, angry at my family, and just want to be alone. Yet, those feeling and emotions pass, and I’m by their side when needed. One of the reasons I thought of truly loving my family as a strength is that I have come across people as a student and employee over the years who truly did not love their family. I was shocked at some of the things I heard husbands say about their wives, and parents said about their children. I take most things children say about their parents with a grain of salt. We all go through “stages” in life when we may not respect our parents as we should. I went through that “stage” probably more than once, but even though I might have not shown my parents the respect they deserved, I always loved them.
My biggest weakness as a member of my family is I have poor listening skills. Often times, I get so focused on a task I tend to zone out. I’ve always been this way, and from what I hear, my Dad is the same way. I have great multi-tasking abilities when surrounded by silence. With a family, silence usually does not exist. Therefore, I make a lot of goofs simply because I do not listen. I’m actually a great listener at work, but unfortunately, I tend to leave that characteristic at work. It is definitely something I need to work on.
My biggest strength as a member of my community is that I try every day to be a good neighbor and citizen. Thanks to 10 Tigers, I look even harder for more ways to benefit my community. I help people in need, recycle, and I am currently organizing a community project at the school I teach at. Under my supervision, we are collecting goods for care packages to send to soldiers serving overseas. Also, I sponsor a creative writing club. We are sending short stories, poems, and artwork to hopefully entertain our troops as well. Also, as a school teacher, I am fortunate to be in a position where I can help people everyday.
Even though I work to help others, my biggest weakness is keeping to myself. If I was more extraverted, I could probably help even more people. I do not stay in complete isolation by any means, but I honestly do not make a lot of effort to get to meet new people. Despite that, I feel like I have surrounded myself with super positive people through kung fu class, yoga, and working in the film industry.
I guess that brings me to my biggest strength as a martial artist. It is my willingness to work hard to get a little better everyday. Please keep in mind this is my opinion. I may be completely wrong, and that’s okay. I believe that one of the benefits of being part of the 10 Tigers program is having my sifu, kung fu sisters, and kung fu brothers to let me know the truth in their eyes. The only result is for me to improve in some way, and that’s the important thing. I started studying kung fu when I was in my early thirties. I came to it much later than most people. When I was a child, my parents enrolled me in Wado Ryu karate classes. Wado Ryu is huge in Tennessee. I asked about getting involved in martial arts classes after watching BLACK BELT THEATER every Saturday at 3 P.M. My first experience with martial arts was very disappointing. They were not doing the things I saw on TV every Saturday afternoon. That was the stuff I wanted to learn. As a young boy on a 400 acre farm in a town with 700 people, knowing the difference between kung fu and karate was not on the priority list. I was watching Hong Kong cinema on the weekends, taking a class in Japanese karate. Also, times were different back then. The students were all adults except for me and one other person. I felt out of place, and due to my age I could not keep up with the rest of the class. Obviously, times have changed because it seems more children are involved with the martial arts than adults now. I told my parents that I did not want to continue. Plus, it was not the stuff I was seeing on TV. It bored me compared to what I now know to be Shaw Brothers films as well as Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan movies.
A couple of decades plus some later, I was working out at a local gym. They started kung fu classes there. At the time, I thought that was interesting and nothing more. I honestly had no desire whatsoever to train. The teacher, Kevin McCoy, would talk to me on a regular basis as I worked out. One day, I decided to pop into his class and watch while I was cooling down after a workout. I was hooked. This was the stuff I saw on TV as a child. This was kung fu, real kung fu. I began my training. The training was heavy on conditioning and real life self defense rather than scoring a point in a tournament. Plus, the philosophical side was there. That was the most important ingredient for me at the time.
I’ve studied kung fu ever since. I have had to train on my own due to schools closing down, but I choose to focus on the positive. It allowed me to travel around and see what other places were doing, seeing what worked and did not. I found that I liked Muay Thai a lot, but also found that a lot of kung fu schools out there should just put karate on the door and be honest. It was an interesting adventure. Knowledge is strength, and I have seen the good, the bad, and the ugly in the world of martial arts. I am thankful to have a wonderful kung fu family and wonderful teachers. I am also grateful to have the willingness to continue to learn. A lot of that has come with age, especially the patience part.
I believe my biggest weakness as a martial artist is my knowledge of ground fighting. I worked on this early in my kung fu training until I had shoulder surgery, then I backed off. My first kung fu instructor dedicated Saturday classes to ground fighting and Wing Chun training for the most part. Ground fighting is obviously becoming very popular with UFC and all that. I’m more concerned with techniques that can help me on the streets with ground fighting and defending against it. I have no desire to compete in an octagon. Tied with ground fighting for my biggest weakness is pressure points. I struggle with those as well. Hopefully, my willingness to learn will overcome these shortcomings one day. Kung fu for me is a life long journey, so I just try to get a little bit better everyday.
My biggest strength as a family member is my devotion. I truly love my family and will do whatever I can to help them when needed. Times do exist when I am frustrated with my family, angry at my family, and just want to be alone. Yet, those feeling and emotions pass, and I’m by their side when needed. One of the reasons I thought of truly loving my family as a strength is that I have come across people as a student and employee over the years who truly did not love their family. I was shocked at some of the things I heard husbands say about their wives, and parents said about their children. I take most things children say about their parents with a grain of salt. We all go through “stages” in life when we may not respect our parents as we should. I went through that “stage” probably more than once, but even though I might have not shown my parents the respect they deserved, I always loved them.
My biggest weakness as a member of my family is I have poor listening skills. Often times, I get so focused on a task I tend to zone out. I’ve always been this way, and from what I hear, my Dad is the same way. I have great multi-tasking abilities when surrounded by silence. With a family, silence usually does not exist. Therefore, I make a lot of goofs simply because I do not listen. I’m actually a great listener at work, but unfortunately, I tend to leave that characteristic at work. It is definitely something I need to work on.
My biggest strength as a member of my community is that I try every day to be a good neighbor and citizen. Thanks to 10 Tigers, I look even harder for more ways to benefit my community. I help people in need, recycle, and I am currently organizing a community project at the school I teach at. Under my supervision, we are collecting goods for care packages to send to soldiers serving overseas. Also, I sponsor a creative writing club. We are sending short stories, poems, and artwork to hopefully entertain our troops as well. Also, as a school teacher, I am fortunate to be in a position where I can help people everyday.
Even though I work to help others, my biggest weakness is keeping to myself. If I was more extraverted, I could probably help even more people. I do not stay in complete isolation by any means, but I honestly do not make a lot of effort to get to meet new people. Despite that, I feel like I have surrounded myself with super positive people through kung fu class, yoga, and working in the film industry.
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