Precision

I've heard this word ever since I started training with my current teacher. Hes always talking about precision and more correct movement. At first you have to do the big movement to get a general feel. You need the right choreography to be in the ballpark. THEN you can start to work on refining movements. THEN more and more refinement. Apparently thats all :) I'm finding this to be more and more true. I'm finding that strength lies in how precise you can be. The whole game is that to see whe can be more precise. I saw Master Sam FS Chin make a hairline movement correction on a posture that my teacher was doing and I thought, "wow such a minut change, interesting how that could be the way to go deeper. I'm starting to see that if you miss by a fraction of an inch, you might as well miss by a mile because the movement is not as correct as it could be and the energy in your body will be off. This take immense concentration and awareness to be able to see and recognize these changes and the further refining. This is a tough road, but as long as you keep training and digging you will be able to recognize these little things. Happy training!

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Safe Space

Too often in our lives are we in places that demand things of us. Work and home are two of the big ones, but rarely in this world do we have dedicated time to recharge our batteries. If we do have time to workout or something similar, its usually a rush to get there and a rush to get back to the routine. I believe that because of the partner training in ILC the aim is different. Our goal is about feeding your partner the right energy or the right feel. Therefore our training becomes a process of building each other up. Even though we put a tremendous amount of effort into what we do we are working towards a state of more naturalness, therefore the results are more profound. This also makes for a very nice training space. This is a place we go several times a week to recharge our batteries and a place where we can be built up. Sounds good to me.