We speak a lot about taking what you learn in the kwoon and applying to the world around you. This is can be in how you interact with those around you, how you react to situations in your life or how much ownership take with your life.
Another form, one that is especially beneficial to those of us who do a lot of physical work, is taking the concepts of body alignment and 6 harmonies into what you do.
For example, I spent the weekend helping my dad build a retaining wall (the first section at least) and we used a power auger to did holes for the posts. It was quite the task; with each hole we needed to pull a 5 foot auger out of the ground, full of dirt, without injuring yourself. Even with having four people to lift, it required some careful positioning. I found that using stances from kung fu helped with this. I focussed on maintaining proper alignment and using more skeleton than muscle.
It is amazing how much easier it was to accomplish this when I got into this rhythm. There is no end to the tools at your disposal if you put your mind to it.
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