Bruce Lee is awesome

So we recently watched a show about Bruce Lee and it was pretty interesting. What struck me most was his attitude towards fitness. He was of the mindset that you need to get in shape so that you can do your Kung-Fu effectively. This thought struck a chord for me because I've usually approached my training with the thought of doing Kung-Fu to get into shape. Kung Fu does get you into shape if you work hard, but the idea of doing additional things (like weight training, etc.) with the specific goal of getting stronger for my Kung-Fu is new to me. Usually I'd do things like that just to "get healthier" or because I know it's good for me. Now the thought of training for my Kung-Fu is kind of cool. It gives new purpose to my fitness training. I'm not doing situps just because of some abstract reason of wanting to get into shape, I'm doing situps so that I can take a punch to the gut. I'm doing pushups so that I have strong punches. I'm running so that I won't tire out in a sparring match.

Kung-Fu does a lot for us, but we need to do a lot for our Kung-Fu as well. It's a feedback loop. In the case of fitness....the more in shape I get, the better my Kung-Fu and the better my Kung-Fu, the better my fitness becomes.

I don't know if any of this made any sense, but I feel excited about my fitness training now. It has a defined purpose. I no longer do it just because it's good for me. Now I do it because it will make specific aspects of my Kung-Fu better.