Art is a Science

Just been to a volleyball seminar run by some amazing coaches, athletes, and Sports Medicine experts. We really have to have this guy, Bruce Craven, from Saskatoon come and speak at our school. He's a scientist, and just explained to me the six harmonies - though he's never heard of it. Who said Kung Fu was an ART? Who says the anatomy of training is a SCIENCE? I had this eerie feeling that the only difference between Sifu Brinker, and this guy from Saskatoon, was the words they were using. So it turns out that if Janet really wants to get that powerful hit, a higher jump, more speed and precision in her volleyball game, she needs to start training in the six harmonies. She starts July 11th.

Got some inspirational stuff too from this session.

'We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not the act, but a habit.'
Aristotle

'Success is . . . not an accident, but rather the product of a thoughtful and well executed plan' Bruce Craven

The Power of One is above all things the power to believe in yourself, often far beyond any latent ability you may have previously demonstrated. The mind is the athlete; the body is simply the means it uses to jump higher or longer, run faster, shoot straighter, kick better, swim further, hit harder, or box better. The dictum to me ‘First with the head and then with the heart’ means more than simply mixing brains with guts. It means thinking well beyond the powers of normal concentration and then daring your courage to follow your thoughts. Bryce Courtenay “The Power of One”

Claire Finnamore
Student Member, Silent River Kung Fu