Today was a day filled with learning and adventure! We started off our day by reading a few chapters of the book we are studying, The Chinese in America by Iris Chang. We had a fruitful seminar discussing the themes we covered in our assigned chapters. After wrapping up our conversation, we moved on to watch the documentary show that we have been watching called Asian Americans. Today, we watched episode three, which was a continuation of our viewing yesterday.
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| Here is a screenshot of one of the speakers from Episode 3 |
Following our lunch break was the more thrilling half of our day, in which we ventured to Integrity Kung Fu to practice our Wushu! We met our very skilled instructor, who introduced us to the art of Wushu and taught us some of their most important values, like focus and balance. We stretched and warmed up, and even got to play some games, like dodgeball (or a version of dodgeball, at least). We learned how to kick and punch, which was fun, as well as how to do different stances, like the horse pose. But our skills didn't even come close to our teachers, who had been studying Wushu since the age of six (he was in his thirties, for reference)! He showed off for us at the end of our lesson, and even used some of the weapons he had in his workshop.
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| epic selfie |
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| Leon practicing his kicks with the teacher |
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| The teacher showing off |
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