In the beginning

     At first sight, it is the most amazing thing you have ever seen. How is someone even capable of doing these things. Lingering at altitudes that seem to defy gravity. Moving in what seems to be complete harmony with all surroundings. Never faltering in transition from one stance to another responding to every movement with absolute symmetry.

     One of the most important rules of setting goals for yourself, is to ensure that the goal you set inspires and motivates you. Doing this allows you to readily prioritise these goals, thus entrenching the behaviours they create in to your life. As you advance towards your goal, behaviours become habit and the goal doesn't seem like some far off, impossible task but rather something you've incorporated in to everyday life. Not every goal will follow this path, but I would bet the most successful ones will.
     When we initiate the goal setting process there are numerous reasons for the goals we set for ourselves. Whether it be something short term or a goal that continues for a prolonged period of time, at the source, there is a specific rationalism that has lead us to set it. As we set an action plan in to motion, this initial reason may become less important as we begin to reap the benefits of our new behaviours.

I would advocate that this is the purpose of the I Ho Chuan. Not only to help set goals and give you the tools to achieve them, but to help integrate these habits in to your life. We are a couple of weeks in and the fulfilment, both physical and mental, that I have gotten from completing incremental tasks has been incredible. The looming dread of early morning physical requirements has become a welcomed endeavour. This has been made possible by the fact that the reward has outweighed the effort required to perform these tasks. I am not incognizant to the fact that once muscle pain and fatigue set in that this feeling may dissipate, but right now I feel AWESOME!