Last night Ruhi and I had a little dinner party/get-together for some friends. A family who moved back to Xi’an from Beijing last year came (Mother, Daughter, Daughter’s son and a cousin) and I also invited Xiao Yu and her friend Xiao Meng.
You might remember Xiao Meng from such blog entries as this one or this one. She is a Sanda athlete with the Shaanxi Team who placed 9th in this year’s qualifiers. She recently recovered from a broken foot bone so wasn’t able to compete at the Nationals, but I’m sure she’ll be back in fine form next year.
Here is a picture of Xiao Yu (Right) and Xiao Meng (Left).
Anyway, Ruhi and I cooked up some food, ordered a dish from the restaurant next door and we all cozied in to the living room for some grub and friendly discussion. it turns out that the young boy (he’s 14) who was here is very interested in studying Sanda, so it was a good chance for him and his mom to ask some questions from a professional in the field.
We also spent some time showing wushu videos of Xiao Yu’s training. Everyone was quite impressed, of course.
Afterwards we snapped a picture in the parking lot and then Ruhi and I walked with Xiao Yu and Xiao Meng to the front gate of the University.
Xiao Yu and I also talked about my plans for training in the future. She knows I will be back in the mix on November 16th after the Traditional tournament and I must admit that, with one week of my preparatory training done, I’m rather looking forward to it.
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