Teaching Kung Fu in Michigan

I've been traveling, hence the quiet on the Kung Fu front.

 Here is a map with lines of my travels.

Yesterday I gave a presentation at the McEntire Pilates Summit in Michigan. By presentation I mean I taught Kung Fu and gave a short philosophical thought :)

Pretty sure I found my life's calling teaching Kung Fu.

Here is the philosophical thought.

Kung Fu relates to any skill that takes time, patience, energy, dedication... It doesn't really have anything to do with martial arts.  The literal meaning of Kung Fu in Chinese means man's work or our work :)

I've only seen 3 Kung Fu movies (Beverly Hills Ninja, Kung Fu Panda 2, and Karate Kid 2010 all classics right ;), so I deemed it necessary to quote one of them.  From Karate Kid 2010 Mr. Han, "Kung Fu lives in everything we do. It lives in how we put on the jacket, how we take off the jacket. It lives in how we treat people! Everything is Kung Fu."

Since the people attending were Pilates instructors, and there were panels and discussions about service in our work and why we do what we do sort of things...I figured the quote was perfect. Especially when you switch out Kung Fu for, "our work lives in everything we do, it lives in how we treat people, everything is our work." For those in the movement and rehabilitative arts, it's not just a job, its the way we live our lives.

I finished off with something like... "We all all have our own Kung Fu, whether it be a Pilates instructor, dance teacher, or lawyer. Kung Fu masters never call themselves masters because martial arts requires a lifetime of study and training. We should always continue learning and training in our own personal Kung Fu.

Then we got to Fu :)