Water is a amorphous element in more ways than its apparent and physical presence.
Water conforms to its container and surround obstacles in its path.
Water can infiltrate the strongest fortress through its weak cracks and cut its own path into mountains of rock.
Water strengthens steel and is formidable against stone.
Water aids life or drowns it.  Water can changes ones mood to pleasure or sorrow.

When facing your opponent be like water.  Be amorphous in your physical presence.

Sensei Wong

Be able to switch from long range stance for kicking to mid-range stance for punching and then a squared up stance for close range grappling…

Be amorphous mentally.

…Our ability to change our strategy in each range should be reactionary, an achievement accomplished through training.

Find the weaknesses in your opponents defense and expose it.

Sensei Wong

 The next level for a martial artist is the be sensitive to your opponents expression, body language, and the position of their eyes.  Maybe I can make my opponent brace for the impact with a faint front kick then follow through with my back kick when his body is lose again.

Cut your path through him like water cuts it’s streams and rivers into the mountain.

Shidoshi Harrison

When we perform slicing wings, collapsing limbs, or any skill set we always start and end with a step forward.  The reason for that is to create space and take control of the situation.

Water strengthens steel and is formidable against stone.

Sensei Wong

We’re not going for broke when we go through our drills because the less injuries we have during our training then the longer we can train.  Training at seventy percent now allows us to train with good technique and will pay off in multitudes down the road.

Water aids life or drowns it.  Water can change ones mood to pleasure or sorrow.

Renshi Caswell

I want everyone to take a moment, close your eyes, and think about your training today.  Anchor in this good feeling that you get from training hard today.  Maybe today before we came to the dojo we thought, “Maybe today I’ll stay in because I had a hard day”.  Remember the good feeling you have now so the next time you’re feeling like staying in you can recall this feeling to get you out of the house and into the dojo.