30 Day Challenge: Everyone practicing Chuojiao Fanzi with us (and anyone else practicing anywhere else) is challenged to practice every day for 30 days or 30 times in 30 days

7/17/2010

Feel free to post a comment right here after every work out for the next 30 days. Lets see how everyone does! Check out the comments...

75 Comments

Kim

7/18/2010 01:38:43 am

Awww....so pretty!!! :P (yet deadly!)

Kim & Rebecca

7/18/2010 01:47:43 am

We rocked today's practice in the dust and dirt, kicking mud everywhere! Rebecca is very sore from yesterday and today but she's a trooper. Kim is looking forward to this challenge because you know how she can't resist them.....these combative roommates are devising secrete training schemes so that they may emerge victorious in their given goals! BRING IT ON!!!!!!!

Josh

7/18/2010 10:45:16 am

We started. Day 1 for Kim, Rebecca, Yener, Tugce, Ann and Me (Josh)! Anbody else?

Tugce

7/18/2010 01:35:53 pm

Day 1. Sunday practice. Cannot do cartwheels on the right.

Kim & Rebecca

7/18/2010 10:13:32 pm

Well Day 2 down!! Kim and I woke up at 7am and ran along the water front down to the park, where we practiced basics and the first set on the waters edge. It was beautiful and muggy!

Tugce

7/18/2010 10:32:18 pm

Day 2. Practiced after training in Tower gym. Turns out still sore after Sunday's epic work-out. The yoga room with mirrors is great to see how good (or bad) your kicks are. Note to self: never try to do a set before stretching and doing a few kicks...

Yener

7/19/2010 07:24:41 am

Day2: An easy and short wokout was all I could do.
I practised some Tan tui,Deng tui and ce ti tuis. Also first set and begining moves of the second set.

Josh

7/19/2010 10:22:59 am

Day 2: All the basics; 3 sets with the Kwan Dao; 2 sets each of the 3rd set, 6th set and 7th set Chuojiao and the 8th Yanqing Fanzi set. Stretched. New sneakers. Super humid. Pretty good night all in all.

Rebecca

7/20/2010 01:18:49 am

Day 3: Another early morning... Ran to the park stretched, practiced the 5 stance set, the first set and some of the kicks (the ones i suck uber bad at). Very sore, and very muggy, however it was an awesome work out today. To end todays practice i ran home.

Kim

7/20/2010 04:42:45 am

Day 3: Had a great run with Rebecca and did some stretching and the 5 stance set by the sea this morning! Looking forward to practice number two tonight! :P

Tugce & Yener

7/20/2010 11:19:15 am

Day 3: After a very long workday, both with throbbing feet, we are just content that we made it to today's practice... Couldn't complete Josh's "recipe of the day" but definitely did our best. Tugce even tore the sole of her shoe doing the spinning back heel kick... Ode to commitment.

Rebecca + Kim

7/20/2010 11:25:37 pm

Day 4: Great early morning practice today! We ran and then we practiced kicks, stances and sets, then we ran home. I (Rebecca) am still sucking at 2 kicks, and one of my goals is to get them down and looking beautiful, and not a hemorrhaging duck. Kim is just perfecting what she already knows. We are both stretching a lot because we are so sore, and our mutual goal is to be able to do a back standing split and side standing split. We are already seeing improvements and can't wait to see the progress everyone has made at the end of these tough 30 days.

Kudos to Tugce & Yener for there dedication to the Challenge, you both are inspiring us to keep it up and no matter how tired we are, we can still do it! Great work!

Tugce & Yener

7/21/2010 12:40:12 am

Day 4: Tower gym mirrors show you who you really are! Yener will better his empty stance and Tugce will eventually get a cartwheel on the right, as soon as she figures out what she's doing on the left.

Thanks for the kudos, though I have no idea what they are... :P Probably something good :)

Josh

7/21/2010 10:10:56 am

Day 4: Stretched; Did 4 fanzi basics; Stretched; Did 18 basic kicks plus 2 extra; Did left and right 2 handed cartwheels; tried 2 handed cartwheels-got 1 (Zeke was my witness), ended up on my butt for the rest; Did 7th and 8th Chuojiao sets and the Xiao Fanzi set twice each; Did Chuojiao staff set x 3; stretched; Did 3 x 10 fingertip push ups; Tried to remember the sanjiegun set; Got carried away and cracked my head while doing overhead spins (I'm sure it has a very poetic name).

Chris (Beijing)

7/21/2010 10:16:00 am

Mate, I'm already on Day 6 of training 3 hours every evening... not chuojiao though at the moment, but learning shengbiao (ropedart) and chen shi taiji as well as revising my ditang jibengong and shaanxi fanzi. Does that count? :P

Josh

7/21/2010 10:23:53 am

3 hours a night...I would say that counts! Rope dart is super cool...is Yan teaching you or someone else? And OK, whats jibengong mean? Glad you added something here and please keep us up-to-date how you're doing!!!!

Voski

7/22/2010 04:44:34 am

Day 1!!!!!! Went on my Roof Park and did all my kicks and practiced my 5 stance form. I also practiced the 540 kick along with the tornado kick :)

AnZhuo

7/22/2010 09:49:18 am

Jibengong is "basic skills." We use that term all the time.
I'm on day ??? without missing. I can't count that high. Ha Ha.
Does chasing a bad guy up Albro Lake rd, into an apartment and taking him into custody count as exercise? If so put me down for twice on the 20th.
Good job guys. Be there Saturday. Kim and Rachel will start the Guiding Nanquan Taolu. Josh bring a rope with a light weighted end about shoulder length.

Chris (Beijing)

7/22/2010 10:37:21 am

@AnZhou - why twice on the 20th? Did you not catch him the first time? Or did you enjoy it so much you let him go so you could catch him again? And remember, you get PAID to train everyday, us lesser mortals do it because we enjoy it... apparently :o)

Yep learning all this with Yan. Taiji sucks ass though. I'm not old enough to learn it yet. I think you need to be about 100 and have white eyebrows down to your chin. Not sure, I'll google it and see... ;)

Yesterday revised 2nd Yanqing set. Nicer than the 1st, longer than the 8th, but not as sexy as the Cun shou 1st or 2nd sets. Tonight will be Sanda and I think Hao Zhihua will be popping in.

Tales from the flexable dept

7/22/2010 11:48:40 am

Day 5: Happy Birthday Josh! I (Becca) Finally got that kick down( I don't know what to call it) Kim- "holding the urn" She is always correcting me...:| Kim is working on the 4th set, and is über PUMPED about the new kick she learned. We are both working hard at the standing back splits, its getting there, but will easily take the whole 30 days to master. Becca has to remember that she is not fighting a giant and to keep her hands down and tight! Kim laughs at me, however its very true!She also finds enjoyment in reminding me that I'm not Super Women! Which I beg to differ.

Stay tuned for more of the dis-functional roommate rivalry.. All caused by Kim :)

Good job today everyone, it was great to see new faces!

Tugce & Yener

7/22/2010 10:52:11 pm

Day 5: As everybody mentioned, nice class with new people, worked hard, second set is hard, bla bla bla..

Tugce

7/22/2010 10:56:04 pm

Day 6: Less than 12 hours after the last work-out, did the "18 kicks" in a row, in front of "the mirrors". I am better at flower basket handle, worse at back outside crescent kick. OOOOK, 24 days to go...
AnZhuo: Saturday, where, when???

Rebecca + Kim

7/23/2010 09:50:19 am

Day 6: Much like Tugce less than 12 hours later after day 5 practice, we were up and practicing again. We went for run through the woods and park in the morning, Kim did jump training because she feels like she is way to " Down to earth" and not the good way, she also practiced her jumps. I again practiced not fighting a giant and remembered to slow down during my set. We strectched like there was no tomorrow in hopes of not being so sore for week 2.

After we practiced eating like Chuojiao masters at Cora's... Does this count? ;)

Rebecca

7/23/2010 09:53:20 am

I am officially a member!!! Wooohooo!!

Josh

7/23/2010 10:42:44 am

It was great to see new faces again Thursday night. 10 people in a line doing kicks looked great.

OK. I still dont remember ever hearing the term jibengong in my life but you never know.

Josh

7/23/2010 10:45:00 am

All basics, Chuojiao #'s 3, 4 and 5 x 2; CunShuo Fanzi x 2; numerous cartwheels-managed 5 one handed cartwheels without landing on my butt-and many more where I did...

Kim

7/23/2010 10:48:42 am

Great workout this morning (already explained by Becca)! Practice #2 at night with my sista in crime Rachel, worked on staff and two person set together. Physically exhaustion = sweet sense of accomplishment. :)

Josh

7/24/2010 06:41:01 am

Started whip chain basics. Thanks Andrew.

Later, cartwheels galore and more unusual practice planne for tonight.

Rebecca

7/24/2010 07:28:23 am

Day 7: Yay first week done! 9:30 training with Andrew, practiced kicks, first set, and new set with Andrew. Then at 2 went and practiced basics, jumps, cartwheels and new set some more with Kim.

Outcome... very sore, tired and sunburnt.

Kim

7/24/2010 10:28:08 am

Day 7: What!? Whip chain?! Darn....wish I could have been there!! Still had a great practice with Becca, Rachel, Jeff, Cohen, Voski, and the "new guy" this afternoon. Did basics, stances, the five stance set, jumps, cartwheels, butterfly, kick-ups, some Chang Quan review and stretching. Good week, my legs are jelly! :)

Rachel Doucet

7/25/2010 04:15:08 am

Hey everyone great job!!

I will definitely be in on the next challenge! :)

Tugce & Yener

7/25/2010 07:35:35 am

Day 7: Andrew showed us the Shaolin set with two fist punches and throat grabs.. Can't wait to get both lines of it and do it in pairs and show off back home!
Day 8: Typical epic workout under pouring rain, getting used to getting soaked... Actually looks pretty cool and feels great afterwards. Showed new guys the moves, theirs is a greater accomplishment.

AnZhuo

7/25/2010 08:50:01 am

@Chris(Beijing) I certainly don't get "PAID" to train. I work out on my UNPAID lunch, before and/or after work because I ENJOY it. It was a requirement for Cadets but is a suggestion for Officers.

Did you try the Chen Pao Chui? That's more along the lines of 'dynamic taiji.' Oh or some of the Zhao Bao stuff looks good too. And I though you were going to do the San Huang Pao Chui?

Kim

7/25/2010 09:02:16 am

Day 7: Week one done!! Felt good to train in the rain this morning! Kudos for everyone who came out, its really motivating to train with such a dedicated group!! :) Thanks!!

Rebecca

7/25/2010 11:21:41 pm

Day 9: Ran to the park, practiced kicks, Shaolin Munk set, and first set went through each one 5 times. Did some meditation on the shore line, walked the big loop around the park, stretched and ran home.

Was a great morning!

Josh

7/26/2010 11:23:42 am

All basics; Chuojiao #'s 6 and 7 x 2; Xiao Fanzi x 2; regressed on the 1 handed cartwheels; Whip chain basics-man that thing can hurt if it gets you!

Rachel Doucet

7/26/2010 08:27:30 pm

Hey every one
I know it is day 10 in the challenge but my schedule has finally settled so I am going to jump in on the challenge now!
So today begins my 20 day Wushu challenge!!! :D

Rachel

Rachel Doucet

7/26/2010 08:33:30 pm

OH WAIT!!! I just saw the train 30 times in 30 days!!! Ok, so I have trained 4 times in the last 10 days so TODAY is the day that I ANTE UP!!!!!

Rebecca

7/26/2010 11:05:01 pm

Day 10: 3 hours of training at the park...nuff said! I think i am finally perfecting the first set, i also worked on my kicks, and jumps. The rest of the time was spent walking, running or exploring.

Eleni

7/27/2010 02:52:28 am

Ok, I am in. Late but I am in, even though I have an issue which we will discuss tonight :) Looking forward to this :)

Rachel Doucet

7/27/2010 11:55:05 am

Day 10

Session #5
Practiced at lunch ~45mins
all the kicks and punches
Practiced set 1&2 one time each

Session #6
Group practice
Josh helped me spruce up the opening to the Chuo Jiao sets

Goals
1)Learn the names of the first 4 kicks by next Tuesday :)
2) Stretch more get further into the splits

Tugce & Yener

7/27/2010 12:25:52 pm

Day 9: Tugce in the morning, Yener in the afternoon, gym setting, perfecting sets, trying cartwheels, and trying Andrew's one legged squat -impossible- empty stance training. NOT EASY.
Day 10: 10 people working out in pairs, what a sight. Glad to have Eleni back. :) Totally missed Kim. :( One more move in 2nd set, yay!

Josh

7/28/2010 05:21:41 am

OK: Last night we had some MORE new faces show up. That is great! I hope they enjoyed it, aren't too sore over the next couple of days and want to come back.

Josh

7/28/2010 10:10:37 am

Fanzi punches, 18 kicks, Chuojiao sets 8 and 9, Yanqing #8, whip chain basics, Chuojiao staff

Rachel Doucet

7/28/2010 12:47:46 pm

Day 11

Session #7
Practiced transitions mabu & gong bu
Prolonged stance training
Stretching :)

Chris (Beijing)

7/28/2010 01:31:08 pm

@AnZhou - there are only so many hours in the day you know dude... Pao Chui will just have to wait until I retire... maybe next year huh...

AnZhuo

7/29/2010 01:57:19 am

I think Ba Gua would be fun during retirement along with the Xingyi We've been doing the past 7 years. Retire over here so we have someone else to practice with who appreciates wushu.

Tues- Shi ba Tui in the morning for 1 hour. 50 mins heavy bag practice and applications at 2am during lunch

Wed- Forms practice in the morning for an hour. 50 min Leg workout with weights and stretching at 12:30am during lunch.

Rebecca

7/29/2010 12:26:55 pm

Day 11: Easy day, as i am very sore and very tired. Walked and stretched for an hour or so.

Day 12:
am:Back to the usual. Run/walk at 7, sets, punches and kicks at 8, walk/run home at 9.
pm: Chuojaio set and shaolin set, learned a new part of this set! so pumped! Goal for this is balance.

Josh

7/30/2010 10:33:47 am

Chuojiao staff, Sanjegun, Da Dao/Kwan Dao, Jiujiebian

Tugce & Yener

7/31/2010 03:35:19 am

Day 11(Wed): mirror practice
Day 12(Thurs): missed class! missed a whole day!
Day 13 (Fri): back to basics, shaolin set, first and second sets. Yener missed this one too..
Day 14 (Sat): We're almost half way! Going now to the gym and will practice wushu afterwards. Have to do a double day to catch up.

Eleni

7/31/2010 06:52:11 am

Day 4: traditional chuo jiao and shaolin first set

Josh

7/31/2010 10:39:48 am

Basics, Cun Shuo, Chuojiao sets 1, 2 and 3, jiujiebian basics, sanjiegun...then contemplated what we should offer at the proposed seminar

Yener

8/1/2010 02:34:16 am

Day 15: Missed the class again. I`m a bit delayed but I have always been a true believer of turtles.

Tugce

8/1/2010 07:21:38 am

Day 15: Half way through!!! Did only hardcore modern at practice, yes! Shaolin set is advancing.

Chris (Beijing)

8/1/2010 01:25:04 pm

@AnZhou - Bagua is nice, but again, I don't have the eyebrows yet... I'm working on it though.

Retiring to Canada would be cool, but I'd have to first learn everything here that I would want to. Still got a long way to go!

Working on Yanqing 1st set and the Shaanxi fanzi with Shane. Also some Huweibian. Haven't trained it in about a year but I can still whip it around pretty darn fast which was encouraging. If we don't come over to Canada in Oct then I'll prob enter the 4th World Trad Championships in Wudang for a laugh. See how my ankles hold up.

Kim

8/1/2010 11:38:43 pm

A recap is in order!!
Day 16: Short run this morning, basics and review tonight.
Day 15: Half way mark! Boooyahhh! Great practice Sunday, worked on the Shaolin set (LOVE IT!!).
Day 14: Saturday afternoon felt awesome!! Eleni, Voski, Branden, and Becca = basics, teaching the 5 stance set, Shaolin, did some staff (felt like I was doing halfway decent, until I smoked myself in the head...ouch) :P
Blah, blah, blah....(insert more stuff here)
Only missed one day (Tuesday) but I have a few double days under my belt so I'm still on track. YEAH!! :)

Tugce

8/2/2010 05:12:25 am

Day 16: Working in the lab on this beautiful (natal) day, I had to stand in mabu for a good 5 minutes while I was trying to fix the pumps for the fish... So I did mabu-gongbu switching while holding the hoses waiting for the water to fill up. Does that count Josh? 'twas quite painful. :D Also found the Turkish Wushu Federation on the web and did the Shaolin set with Yener.

Yener

8/2/2010 08:24:18 am

day 16: some pistol squats with KBs. Then practiced the Shaolin set for a few times.

Eleni

8/2/2010 11:58:59 am

Day 5(I am sooo behind :(((): first and second set, Shaolin and imaginary bag

Josh

8/3/2010 09:34:49 pm

Mabu...lots of mabu, basics, chuojiao sets 1,2 and 3, xiao fanzi, jiujiebien basics

Kim

8/4/2010 10:36:18 pm

Day 17: Tuesday practice with wushu gang, scared unsuspecting civilians with Shaolin and Cha Quan moves.
Day 18: day off (oh boy did I need it! Donated blood)
Day 19: Thursday practice, basics (as always)then...birthday celebrations!!! Happy Birthday Yener!!! :D

Rach Doucet

8/6/2010 03:28:28 am

Day 13:
Session #8: Group Practice
Day 15:
Session #9: 9:30am Practice started Cha Chen (SO COOL!!!)
Day 18:
Session #10: Practice (Basics, Cha Chen, Shaolin set)
Day 20:
Session #11: Got my whole boot camp to hold mabu and gong bu with me :p Did 2 hours of Cardio and body weight strength training all great for wushu!!

Josh

8/6/2010 10:30:22 am

Mabu, basics, chuojiao 4 and 5, Yanqing Fanzi, jiujiebien basics

Eleni

8/7/2010 03:57:25 am

Day 12: traditional first set with an emphasis on the chase, second set and of course shaolin set.

Tugce

8/7/2010 08:48:48 am

Day17: Tuesday practice
Day18: Wushu by the sea.. In the park. chuojiao 1 and 2, shaolin, lots of mabu
Day19: Thursday practice, birthday celebrations..
Day20: ooops, too much celebrating!
Day21: Back on track, sets sets sets...
Almost there guys! 9 days to go!

Josh

8/8/2010 08:37:29 am

SUNDAY MORNING: Tugce, Yener, Danny, Rachel, Kim, Ann and myself. 4 Fanzi basics, 18 Chuojiao kicks, 2 new partner practices, cartwheels, Chuojiao sets #1, 2 and 4. See you Thursday at 8:30!

Kim

8/9/2010 12:43:20 am

Day 20: am run, cha quan, and lots of stretching!
Day 21: Sat, worked on lots of basics and acrobatics! cartwheels, jumps, lame attempts to do a walk over and back flip....terrified of landing on my head!! boooo :(
Day 22: Sunday morning practice, basics, Chuojiao sets, worked on the flying/jumping hide flower kick in the 4th set with Josh (MUST GET HIGHER!!)Arrrgh!!

Josh

8/10/2010 01:11:54 am

basics, chuojiao #8 and 9, xiao fanzi, chuojiao staff

Tugce

8/16/2010 08:37:59 am

Noone in the challenge anymore?? Or is everybody so used to practicing evvveryday that it is not worth mentioning anymore? Hey you guys, we are done! Well, not only did I practice on the eve of my long journey, but I also did the last great ones over here, looking over to the Mediterrenean, under 40 degrees (goes down to 38 or so in the early morning, so it's better :D) Good for me, woo hoo! Good job everybody! Do NOT celebrate without me, please?

Kim

8/19/2010 03:45:10 am

Haha!! Great job everyone who has made it to the end of the challenge!! The last day for me was on Monday the 16th and I gave it my all (or whatever was left really)!!. Did a major review of everything I've learned (except staff). Feeling pretty darn smug at the moment for having completed the 30 days! Whooohooo!! :D
p.s Tugce you are not alone! Hahah!! We will definitely have a wushu celebration when you get back! :)

Eleni

8/23/2010 01:10:48 am

you are not alone Tugce. I am still in but I do not post as often...In the weekend I was doing mandarin duck kicks in the hallways of Tupper building, while waiting btween experiments, when this random guy showed up and I had to pretend nothing was going on. It was hilarious!

Chris (Beijing)

8/23/2010 04:25:23 pm

I think I only managed about 28 days out of the 30 :( What a slacker...

Well done to all who managed 30 days on the trot though! Anyone up for 60 days...?

Kim

8/25/2010 01:40:23 am

Is that a challenge?! *big grin* There are 30 days in the month of September.....anyone game? Hehehehe!!!

Josh

8/25/2010 09:55:40 am

Sure am!

Eleni

8/26/2010 08:22:27 am

I am but my back has to heal first :((((( Unless if practicing hits with the tips of my fingers on the mattress counts...:(

30 Day Challenge: Everyone practicing Chuojiao Fanzi with us (and anyone else practicing anywhere else) is challenged to practice every day for 30 days or 30 times in 30 days

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