Burning the Candle at both ends...

We started to prepare for this Martial Arts event early this year already, but it is reaching almost fever point now, just a month away!

The thought behind it was to present our students with an opportunity to experience intense pressure, and as we are too small a system to have competitions as such, we decided to change the whole concept and lift the festival to a showcase of what we're about. Our students are all now at an appropriately advanced level to show their skills to friends and family and other students and our other colleagues.

Because we are a full martial arts system, incorporating the health aspects as well, and not just a fighting system, we are not a full contact system (too dangerous as what we do is VERY effective!). We have combined the essence of Tai Chi Chuan with  Japanese Karate and Kobudo (traditional weapons) and are associated with other similar minded martial artist colleagues around  South Africa. Everything we do is based with health principles in mind, so posture, breathing and the integration of body, mind, emotion and spirit is the basis for everything we do. Not a macho system, in other words! The integration of the Yin of Tai Chi - soft power - takes it  to the next level, where the flow of energy to achieve the desired effect is paramount, and not physical strength. Physicality disappears with age, so you have to have that extra dimension to achieve "the unbendable arm", hence the name of our system, the Inner Dimension.

Soooo....besides running a three pronged business that includes martial arts classes, Natural Health Treatments, a full Health Shop with full advisory assistance to clients, I have also been doing all the design work for the tickets, programme, posters and so on, as well as co-ordinating demonstrations for our junior karate students ass well as my own black belt demonstration and helping with all the others...whew!

That's the real reason for my long absence from here and online in general (besides the fact that my modem is broken and I'm borrowing a friend's!)

...burning the candlle at both ends...definitely! I actually think I've broken it in half a couple of times and started burning those ends too!!!!

But it's going to be worth it!

Something like this has never been done in South Africa as far as I'm aware. It has always been competitions with some demonstrations in between. We're putting on a show of about 2½ to 3 hours of JUST demonstrations, some of which are going to be of extremely high level, as my husband and some of our colleagues have already given international quality demonstrations at previous international events! Really something to be looking forward to!

A really classy affair too! By invitation only to friends and family...

So think of me when I'm burning the midnight oil, trying to stay ahead with everything else!

Have an astounding moment, right now! and a great life!

                      Enjoy every moment!