By David Mandeix
Dave is a Level 4(Green) student at Wu Dao
One for each of the Ji Ben Gong:
1)Oh! So many forms
My limbs will not stop aching
We must go again
2)Classes every night
Floor Drills, Forms, and Self Defense
These make up my life
3)Kungfu means hard work
Repetition is the key
We refine ourselves
4)Kungfu on the brain
What did I do before this?
Probably ached less
5)No Kungfu tonight
Instead- dinner and laundry
Life gets in the way
6)I can kick the bag
But I can not re-chamber
Bad habits die hard
7)Yesterday I ate
A heaping plate of bitter
Same again today
8) Shi-fu grunts “Not bad”
It’s the highest form of praise
Don’t get used to it
9)I am dripping sweat
And the warm-up is not done
Its one of those nights
10)My hips do not stretch
As far as I’d like them to
What’s a guy to do?
11)I have bruises from
Star blocking with a partner
Curse my tender bones
12)Eighteen Ji-Ben-Gong
The monk makes them look easy
We still stumble through
13) How does the form go?
What’s that move for anyway?
These things escape me
14) I must learn the staff
I thought it would be easy
Now it makes me weep
15) Kicking high is fun
Sometimes we overreach, though
Then we pay the price
16) Sitting in horse stance
The way it makes my legs feel-
How much longer now?
17) Muscles sore again-
A feeling that has become
Like a dear old friend
18) At the end of class
Some water and a lie down
What more could you want?
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