Learn Lion Dance and Kung Fu at Murray Hill Chinese School

Performing Lion Dance at the Mid Autumn Festival in Bridgewater, NJ 

We have been teaching and performing Kung Fu and lion dance in NJ for about 5 years now and are confusingly known under a few different names. We are looking for more people to come and join our team. We teach children and adults of all levels. Come  learn some self defense, some fighting skills, some performance skills, and you know, the ancient art of lion dance and Kung Fu. Our classes are very affordable and are held at the Murray Hill Chinese School at 108 Stirling Rd in Warren, NJ

For more info about the school in general check out their website

and for more info about our Kung Fu class you can email us at

 Cheungfamilykungfu@gmail.com

or call 8574889723

Also check out this video that has us performing lion dance for a separate event

 

Aspiration

 I have been watching adventure movies. But instead of watching them by myself i have been watching them with the family. Which means that I am not as drawn into them and so i am thinking my own htoughts during the movie. I realize that as a child you have all these goals and aspirations of adventures and that most of the aspirations are basically to become train robbers or somehting like that. Or perhaps Kings. And isn't it strange that these two things are pretty much considered the same thing? As long as you are the hero of your story. 

In any case, I guess aspiration and view are not that different. Except that view is maybe looking at the situation I am in in the right perspective. So appreciating what I have. Aspiration is looking at what i want to become. In other words, what do I want to do with what I have? And most of what I have is my family and the home that we are living in. And I suppose it is important to realize that this time in my children's childhood is pretty valuable and not to lose it or waste it doing useless things that make no difference because later I cannot get this time back. However, later, I will have plenty of time to do those useless things. (Although I guess I should be careful also not to view anything as useless per se.)

For the past two meals i have returned to my fake Veganism. I say fake because I doubt I can strictly become fully Vegan in my environment. But the goal is to be mostly Vegan. I cooked some vegetables for dinner and for Break fast and lunch I had the same meal of vegtables and beans. The lunch I had rice with it. And bascially I feel as if I have more energy. Almost to the point where it almost feels like a drug. Like a lot of caffeine. Well.... I have had a lot of caffeine and maybe it affects my body differently because I haven't had any meat. That would make sense. 

I guess my aspiration, is that crazy Shaolin, adventure aspiration that i have always had as a child and my goal is to continue it. Continue practicing, and teaching my children, but also in a way that is positive for their chlidhood, and continue teaching classes and what not even though I am not being paid to do so... and to see if a path opens up. I used to wish to have a house and the stability that I have now and I always thought I would teach Kung Fu out of it. Even though technically the only students at the house are my kids... maybe that is not a bad thing at all.  And I have the opportunity or have created the opportunity for anyone to learn at the Murray Hill Chinese School class. And just because not that many people have signed up yet, maybe that is also not bad at all. After all, if I had 200 students who just forgot everything after I taught them... what's the point in that? Well, they still would have an experience and that wouldn't be pointless... but still. Maybe I am right where I need to be, except I need to practice more consistently.. or rather... continue to practice consistently. 

I am also going to try making Tik Tok vidoes with various Kung Fu stuff that just owuldn't work in a live performance. Primarily the double butcher knives idea. Which would be cool to perform... but could also cause problems. But works pretty well for a close up view of a tik tok video. Anyway, i am continuing to work on that. And I plan to read more. And write more, in the way that I am writing now. Writing for the sake of writing to get thoughts out into the world and to practice having thoughts I suppose. 

I used to write a lot. And now, well, I week ago I hardly did. and I believe it affectied my cognition. I want to erad more as well for the same reasons. and Maybe step by step I can crawl back from the fopg that I think I was in. And after I do that, maybe something will come up. Some new opportunity. But first I have to work on myself in the situation that I am in now. 

Right View

 I am going to start recording my thoughts everyday. To make an effort to really do it. I have tried this with just writing it down mannually, but I know these pages will be lost. And I am saddened by the fact that I have started to feel as if maybe my thoughts and experiences don't matter. So in a way, my lack of recording is almost like a form of suicide. And so I feel I need to climb back to a mental state that I was in before and make goals for myself that revolve around my life as it is now. 

We rented chickens and that has sort of been one of my main daily tasks, watching them, as if they were Shao and Dai at the playground. and following them around gave me something to do, but it also took away from my work out time. In any case, they will be going back to the farm where they came from soon. Which in some ways makes me sad. But I also think they have had enough of our home and would appreciate the change in scenery. 

I am going to have to make a strong effort to have the right view. In other words, to have the right perspective of my life as it is now. A positive one. And I have to have goals for myself that make sense

and to do exactly what I want to do instead of just going through the motions of life. There are certain things that are possible, but don't make sense for me to pursue. In any case, as this blog is called "Kung Fu Dad" and thinking back to my previous times in life and what my goals were then... it actually appears that much of what I wanted has come to me seemingly without effort and perhaps that is part of my problem in terms of my "View". But i wiull make a stronger goal to practice and work out everyday to become good and better and a Master at what I do in a way that it is unquestionable. and that is an effort that does not require me to depend on this or that. I just have to make the time to practice. Which, I do. But the way I do it... is like more sad and haphazard compared to the way I used to. And so I have to do things knowing that I am doing exactly what i want and that I am doing it for myself.  

Basically I need to schedule my time better and put forth more effort in my down time, and record my thoughts everyday. To take up space and care about myself.