Chinese New Year 2022

       Hi I’m Sifu Hayes

   The black piece of cloth. Hey you’ve arrived at a point in your training, physically and mentally stating you display the quality’s of a Black Belt. From that point on you take what you’ve learned, expand on it, polish it, and take it into the world.

Now a bit about me.

Began Kung Fu late in life close to 40. That’s 30 ish years ago. 

Always found ways to use my Kung Fu, to achieve greater things. 

Shooting compound bow. Give me control to be steady, and stay focused. 

Scuba diving. Give me control of breath. 

Owning and flying ultralight. Give me patience, and focus, how to handle fear. 

Electric Unicycle. Give me better balance, strengthened my core, my knees, my ankles. Over 1600 Km. In the last 2 years. I Have been asked many times have you fallen, ahh, yes, that’s why I stay in Kung Fu. We learn it we teach it.

Why am I telling you this. 

Everything I do, hobbies, fun stuff, or life itself, reflects back to Kung Fu.

And everything I do in Kung Fu reflects back on life.

The past 2 years have been tuff ones. Here is a short version.

Had some blood number readings that kept rising a little to quick. Had biopsy. May, 26 2021 found cancerous tumour. 6 months later November 16, in the most miserable snow storm. Sifu Brinker got me to the Royal Alex on time. Had some body parts removed, through robotic surgery. Tumour was contained. Doc. Is confident they got everything. Will be going back for periodic tests to make sure. Still learning, and teaching some new muscles how to work. 

I come up the ranks, of Kung Fu. Learning, teaching, instructing. But there comes a time when younger instructors need to get their feet wet. Now this is more a time of the observer, lending a helping hand to the younger instructors on what I have learned through the years. I love to watch the progression of students, especially in the I Ho Chaun. 

Instructors can’t get you a Black Belt, they can guide you. As long as you do the work you will get there. Instructors are only the pylons to keep you on the path.

Something I would like to leave you with.  

Your belief’s, carry more power, than your reality.

    Thank You

My ride for Canada Day

Canada Day ride circled nursing homes, Seniors complexes, twice, hoping to give the Seniors a smile. Carrying the Canada flag. Got quite a few strange looks, especially the mayors of Stony Plain-William Choy, Spruce Grove-Stuart Houston, and Parkland County-Rodney Shiagec, while social distancing in Heritage Park. They were having meet the mayors drive through. Handing out small flags and Canada souvenirs. All enjoyed My ride and flag..

EUC

Redefining reality in 6 min.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XA6h7XyAyoU&feature=share

Rosters Cooked Dogs Barking

A while since I have been here. New Years was good a few blips but nothing major. Always is, gives us something to work on for next year. Always tweeking something every year to make it better. I ho Chaun team always makes me proud of what they accomplish. Every year there is less work to get the team ready for New Years celebration, cause the team seems to be working together a little closer. Working harder all through the year instead of the big cram at the end.
Congrats to the team.

Sifu Hayes

The Wolf in us

On a warm summer night a few years ago, an Ojibwe elder in the backwoods of Wisconsin shared a tale to illustrate an important choice we all have to make as we walk through this world. 

The Two Wolves

One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, “My son, the battle is between two wolves inside us all.”

“One is Evil - It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.”

“The other is Good - It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith.”

The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather, “Which wolf wins?”

The old Cherokee simply replied, “The one you feed.”

       Which wolf we feed is our choice. We may not always be aware of which wolf we are feeding. But if things are not going well in our lives. Mentally, as in emotions being all over the place. And or physically, as in body aches and pains. The evil wolf may the one that is being fed.

Sifu Hayes

Your Journey

The only thing that is
 ultimately real about
      your journey
is the step that you are
taking at this moment.
That is all there ever is.

( Eckhart Tolle)