Holding up the Sky -technique

Monday April 14, 2008

Felt the wind in my right hand.
But not in the left hand.

Possibly because 1. Left wrist still damaged, still feel pain. 2. Did not open my eyes while practicing with left hand.

Right arm felt more swollen and bigger, and stronger.

Did not do 200 reps this past weekend.

Good practice session

When I have done my 200 reps properly,
my shoulder tendons should start to ache, and
at the end, my arms should feel fuller.

Stopped crescent kicks daily for at least a month.
legs don't feel as strong.
Lower back don't feel as strong.

Had to do joint rotation on lower back to wake up

Intention in Tai Chi

Started to think
After 200 reps, or 160 reps, and rest a minute.

Do more of the same exercise and put in intention,
which is tense up the muscle and tendons.

Add breathing on the "hitting"

Experiences up to April 11, 2008

EAT CHICKEN FEET when legs and feet don't feel good.

Wisdom from Grandmother.
Always eat chicken feet if possible.
Last Friday, or Wednesday before that, my left feet was swollen, and
after eating 6 boiled chicken feet,
and waiting about 20 minutes.
I felt electricity shoots down from my stomach to my feet,
My left leg was not as swollen afterwards, and the level of pain decreased.

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Lack of sleep

Didn't sleep 5 nights before 2 am. Hurt my energy level.
Thanks to Herbal soup from William Ng, I didn't have headache as usual.

Usually, I have headache the next 3 days, and must take advil.
No medicine needed this time.

But my energy level was damaged to a point where I cannot feel my arms
as strong.

It has been over 2 weeks training 200 reps on the 3 Tai Chi movements.
I was strong before this lack of sleep situation. I was able to match William Ng's
bone strength in 3 Star Blocks.

Now my left arm hurts. That's very bad.

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Good news today.

After about 200 reps of both arms doing "throwing a disc" (not the real name, will find it later)
in the morning before work,
Felt electricity shoot to tip of middle finger,
1st it was my right hand, and after about 10 minutes,
felt a tricke on my left middle finger.

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On April 9, 2008

After jogging 22 minutes at night with William Ng,
did 20 reps of outward crescent kicking the hands, each leg.

Felt heat shoot to the arms.
After sitting down for 5 minutes, the heat traveled to the face, and
the arms felt nourishment coming. Not electricity,
but felt like after workout in bootcamp.