Tom Harvey Training

Footwork is a fairly new concept to me. My previous training dealt mostly with inside fighting and I never considered moving around much. Many times since I started training with Sifu’s backyard group, I’ve thought to myself, “I seriously suck”, “I’ll never get this”. Finally I realized that this kind of negative thinking wasn’t going to get me anywhere. I thought to myself, “I’m pretty positive in all other aspects of my life…why not here?”

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“Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.” Benjamin Franklin “The world needs anger. The world often continues to allow evil because it isn’t angry enough.” Bede Jarrett I often find myself swallowing anger. Bottling it in to keep it from hurting those I care about, but like a balloon it can take only so [...]

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I was aware of this issue before the first class. I knew eventually that my ego would come play a part in governing / influencing my thoughts and decisions. I’ve noticed it a lot in myself, in others, and even in experts that train or take part in an activity where a competitive aspect can [...]

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I had a private session tonight with Sifu working on some Level 3 techniques. For some reason I kept getting caught up on the side step and wanted to snap back instead. I am primarily putting this video out so I can view it and work on it during my own time. For those that are working on or towards level 3 material this would be a great reference for you also. Sifu does a great job explaining 3 different variations of the side step.

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This is just a list of the 9 combos we covered in class. We spent most of class working each combo on the heavy bag and with some shadow boxing as well.

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This is just a list of a few things that I learned this past week. Some of them are Sifu Tom quotes, and some of them are just my own way of explaining what I’ve learned. Some of them are serious, some of them are not. I only have a few for now but the [...]

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This is just a list of a few things that I learned this past week. Some of them are Sifu Tom quotes, and some of them are just my own way of explaining what I’ve learned. Some of them are serious, some of them are not. I only have a few for now but the list grows [...]

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Working in the oildfields of North Dakota I understand the hustle of busy jobs where some days its easy to skip lunch entirely or grab the burger/fast food because its convenient. As gym members, a few of us agreed to eat healthy food through Saturday as a goal so this got me thinking: for a [...]

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