The beginning

My kung fu journey started in the first week of January, but this is the first entry in my journal.

I am writing it as I want to capture my thoughts, record my successes and failures, and do it in the form of a public blog to encourage anyone who has been thinking of starting a similar journey to begin theirs.

The facts
Name: Nick Fey
Spouse: Reverand Jennifer Fey
DoB: 6/28/1972
Location: Wrentham, MA, USA
Nationality: British
Day job: Web User Experience Lead, BrownCo (J.P. Morgan Invest, LLC)
Evening and weekend job: Muscular Therapist, Nick Fey Muscular Therapy
Martial arts history: 11 years of ITF TaeKwon-Do, 1 year of Jitsu.
Kung fu style: Looang Foo Pai
Kungu fu school: Maury's Looang Foo Pai, Franklin, MA
Instructor: Sifu Sara

A brief kung fu history of my last 3 months:

I dropped into the school after not being able to find a good TaeKwon-Do school when I first moved to Wrentham. I was curious about kung fu, I was inspired to look into it by an instructor who taught me basic shiatsu classes at the Muscular Therapy Institute. He talked about the
Chi developing exercises and the grace and power of the forms.

The school was quite unlike any other school I have entered from any style. I was instantly welcomed by a sihing and introduced to the school, he was happy to spend an hour answering all my questions and it was clear that I would fit in well.

I have trained hard in the 3 months now and was honored to be invited to join the leadership team at my first sash ceromony. I am now training with this senior team and doing my best to catch up and become a valued team member.

My biggest challenge has been to try and overcome my ingrained TKD movements and move like a kung fu student. I need to move forward rather than back, I need to focus on multiple quick attacks rather than single powerful blows, I need to not over commit to each movement and make sure I can move easily after each attack.

The classes push me to the limit and a little beyond leaving me exhausted but deeply satisfied with life. I hope to record these highs and lows of this journey in this blog. Feel free to leave comments.

Nick
White sash