Year of the Snake!

So today was the start of my year of the snake! In true Silent River style, I've been doing 1000 pushups and situps and 1000 sidekicks. So far I'm at 652 push ups, 1068 situps and 936 side kicks. Almost done!

This coming I Ho Chuan year should be awesome! I did the UBBT the first year we had student members at Silent River and I remember it being A LOT of work but I also remember it being very worth while. I became much stronger physically and my forms improved.

This year I'm hoping to grade for my third degree. To do so I'll have to fulfill the following requirements:

-50000 pushups
-50000 situps
-1000 reps tai chi long form
-1000 reps tai chi broadsword
-1609km run/walk/bike/rollarblade
-1000 acts of kindness
-mend a relationship
-365 journal entries
-memorize mastery and 20 mineral formulas
-1000 shoulder rolls
-365 days no fast food, pop or chips
-365 days no t.v.
-1000 flying spinning back kicks
-1000 flying side kicks
-365 dog walks
-2920 glasses of water drunk
-100km rollerblading
-5 geology books read
-52 trips to the dog park
-365 stories read to Julia
-be able to do the splits
-1 paper published
-50 church services attended
-50,000 kicks
-1 german book read
-1000 rounds of sparring

On the fast food front: 30 days no fast food! Getting easier and easier to resist.

But I should go...rest time over, time for pushups!