Trust

         Trust is an integral part of our training.  You need to have trust in your instructors that they’re leading you down the right path.  You need to trust the process of what is being laid out before you. You need to trust the techniques that were developed hundreds if not thousands of years ago.  You need to trust your training partner.  There is a lot of trust that goes in to your training for it to be successful.

         We also need to trust ourselves, our abilities, and our bodies.  Now that I have the go ahead to start strengthening my knee and leg, I realize that the biggest hurdle I face is in trusting my body again. I know I need to strengthen it and push my boundaries, but there is the hesitation of not wanting to re-injure it.  I know I am capable though.  I catch myself doing things from time to time without thinking about it, things I wasn’t able to do when the injury was fresh.  So I know my body can do these things, I just now have to relearn how to trust it to do these things at will.  I push myself a little more each day, testing my boundaries.  There are going to be times where I go too far, but that’s alright, it is all apart of the process.  I’m looking forward to getting back into deeper stances and incorporating more of my lower body back into my King Fu.  I felt and realized a lot of things when I was injured that I get to apply now.  Part of me feels like I’m having to start over again, but I know that’s not true.  I’m starting over with a lot of knowledge. So even though I’m having to rebuild my muscles and balance, I think my foundation is going to be stronger for it.