Renos!

So kwoon renovations/maintenance are coming up in August.
I have very fond memories of past reno-weeks. I remember when we first got the kwoon and being there for those very first renos. Since then the kwoon has grown and changed so much.
I like going because you get to hang out with really positive inspiring people. The work itself I don't really enjoy...but the feelings that come from the work are second to none. There is nothing like walking by a wall and remembering how you spent hours scrubbing the wall there and painting. It makes the place feel like home. The more memories you can build at the kwoon, the more at home you feel there.
It also gives you a chance to fix all the dents in the walls and dings in the ceiling that comes from training hard all year. There is nothing like patching a hole that you made. It makes you a little more conscious of the consequences of how you train.
And working together really brings about feelings of family. If you come out to events like the kwoon renos, you get a chance to bond with your training mates on another level. You also get to meet people you normally don't get to see because of all the different class times. There is nothing like hard physical labour to bond people. It's these kind of things that build our Kung-Fu family.
That's why I'm glad we don't just hire a group of strangers to come do the work for us. Our kwoon is built of our own blood, sweat and love. Not everyone who trains in the martial arts has the privilege of saying that.
So I encourage everyone to be there this time around. I had to miss out last year because of my treatments, but this year I'm all in!

Plus, you get pizza!