Here’s a lovely shot of the existing temple all covered in snow. We like it. But it sure would be nice to have a proper one that’s not on my personal property, one big enough for dozens of people to train in and open to the public…
I completed the Cabal Fang Temple, Inc. financial statements for 2017 — check them out on the Cabal Fang website by clicking here.
After 1 year of incorporation as an officially recognized 501(c)(3) tax exempt non-profit, the Temple Fund for buying or building a state-of-the-art temple is up to a whopping $1,032.00. At this rate we’ll able to break ground in about 200 years.
But this is Cabal Fang, and we don’t give up so easy. If that’s how long it takes, that’s how long it takes.
Sometimes gains are made in great dramatic leaps. But most of the time, success is the result of the daily grind — consistent work over the long haul.
The Grind: Cabal Fang Training Involution #94
- Push-up Grinder. After a thorough 8-minute warm-up, complete a full pyramid to 10 of Prison Push-ups, Back-ups, Regular Push-ups, Jump Squats. Take as many 12-count breaks as you need to finish, and do the Regular Push-ups on your knees if/when you burn out.
- 1 long round on the heavy bag. 10 minutes for accuracy, no breaks. If your bag doesn’t have targets on it, put some Xs on it with sports tape. Throw combos at the marks with realistic malice. Count your misses until times’s up and then — did you see it coming? — do Push-ups for each miss — beginners 1, intermediate 2, advanced 3 or more.
- Jump rope for 15 minutes. If you aren’t good at it don’t worry about looking cute. Doesn’t matter if the rope hits your feet a hundred times, just start again when it does and keep getting over the rope for the duration. Grind it out.
- Pick one of the internal exercises from the Cabal Fang Study Guide and do it every single day this week no matter what. Practice contemplation, do one of the Meditations of the Rose, meditate on one of the Five Vital Graces, complete the Salutations of Sun and Moon, etc. Just pick one and stick with it all week.
Footnote: During a seminar at Karate College, Karate Legend Joe Lewis once told me and the other guys in attendance that, in order to hone a true weapon, he stopped practicing dozens of kicks and stuck with only a few. He concentrated particularly on Side Kick. He would stay in the gym late and do thousands of them. People thought that he was an overnight success when we won the Jhoon Rhee Nationals in 1966. But leading up to that were two years of Side Kicks numbering in the tens of thousands. Breakthroughs are real. But the grind is realer.
Robert Mitchell Jr. 