What will I do with all my Kung Fu?

Great new Tim Burton movie!

Sweeney Todd, a new movie directed by Tim Burton, with Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter. My favorite director and my two favourite actors, all in one film, about one of those nice subjects: revenge! I will watch it in the theater next week.

Die another day

Me, my sister and her boyfriend Malte, aiming for James Bond.

On normal days, we are the staff of WT Center café and reception. But during the nights, hey, we're double-0 agents!

Embodied knowledge

Yesterday I was going to switch my cellphone on, which I have done a thousand times, with the specific pin code. I normally never think about which buttons it is that I press my pin code, the hand, so used to the combination, just moves in the specific pattern.

However, this time I started to think about the numbers instead of just doing it, and I could simply not remember the numbers! And just because I started to think about it my hand went confused and could not remember the movement.

As soon as thoughts came between the intention and the hand, motion was corrupted.

This little incident, however small, highlighted a lot of truth about Kung Fu...

Listen Grasshopper!

11:th SG today!

I was attending graduation-seminar today with ca 39 other WT enthusiasts, all going for their graduation-ordeal. It was also very exciting with the new grade-system that Dai Sifu is implementing.

I have attended the instructors seminars last weekend and the one yesterday, and got myself a good picture of the new deal. I feel it's a radical improvement of the system, and its easier to follow than the one we had before. It's so inspiring and fun!

AND as if that were not enough, I did pass the 11:th grade today!

I am very happy holding my 11:th diploma. And now I'm aiming for the last studentgrade. And then the red stripes!

Wing Tsun Women's Front

From February 6:th and on Sijee Elif and I will be running Wing Tsun for women at WT Center at wednesdays kl 18-19.

It will involve some aggression and a lot of fun...

Join the women's front and catch the kick-ass spirit!

Marilyn Manson is my sunshine

We all have different things that attracts and inspire us.
In my case it is almost always the odd, the strange and the different that gives me inspiration and happiness (Why else train WT?! hehe). I'm not interested in doing what other people are doing, and I don't want to be considered normal by any standards other than my own.

That may be part of the reason why I have always loved Marilyn Manson. He does his own thing. Some of my friends think that he's to "popular" to be subversive, but I don't agree. So he uses the goth stereotypes and clichés, but hey, so do I. After so many centuries of terror, ruin and darkness, maybe there is not so many new roads to take? Anyway, I love his style and his sound and his new single "Heart Shaped Glasses" is to good not to share.

Come join the dark side, we have cookies!

Darkness

I look out the window. It's still dark outside, black almost.

I'm not particularly fond of winter. The only positive thing with winter is that the skin really turns pale. Spring and autumn are my favourite seasons, when the light is bright, but not strong enough to give me a tan. The darkness and cold of winter makes me tired and zombie-like.

I get up at 6 in the morning to get to work and it's all dark, all cold. When I walk to WT Center the streets are all dark and empty. The only sunshine is in my earphones, Marilyn Mansons latest album and the fact that I know that the coffee-machine is waiting for me at the center.

Coffee is also dark. So is Marilyn Manson, and the nice WT technican-uniform.

But there is darkness and there is darkness...

...and sometimes there are stripes of red in it.

Face to Face

Siouxsie & the Banshees great song Face to Face from the soundtrack to Batman Returns, one of my favourite films. Claws and paws!

Sore Muscles and tired brain

There is not a single muscle in my body that is not sore today, from the training yesterday most certainly. As a consequence I was really stiff in my chi-sao today although I started to loosen up after a couple of hours. Did 4:th section drills today, which made my brain work harder than my body.

But BJJ is definitely a complete mean whole body workout I can tell. With this training three times a week I will never look at a dumbbell or a cable cross again! And tomorrow I hit the mat again.

Recharge after BJJ according to my sister Maria
(with Protein Drink 25 kr at WT Center)

Tap In - Brazilian JiuJitsu

Started to train Brazilian Jiujitsu today on Iran Mascarenas class at WT Center. It was extremely fun and extremely sweaty. I threw people (including my sister) and got thrown. To do this I had to overcome my fear of falling. I felt completely powerless in that moment between when the feet lift the mat and the body hits the ground. But it was great fun, and I got such a kick from doing something that initially scared me. I've been talking the talk about going to BJJ class for several months and now finally I did - and I'm completely hooked! I DO tap in for this!

A New Year - A New Day

The very first day of 2008, makes you think about what you want to do with the coming year. In my case, I've made no promises, since I know now more than ever that promises are for fools. So you can talk the talk - but can you walk the walk?

So no promises -just action.

"It's not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me"
- Batman