Dragon Moon Wanes

   This is it, the last bit of Spring. Can you believe that we're already starting Summer? As quickly as we breezed through Winter and Spring, the Summer might feel a little long this time around. We've got ourselves a double-goat leap-year which is going to translate as an extra moon this Summer. Are you ready for more heat? Just pace yourself. You don't want to burn out.

   As for the poetry of the moment, we're currently traversing a lunar waning phase. This would typically be a window where the zodiac archetype fades away with the moon to make room for a new lunar flavor; but when it comes to Dragons, they don't fizzle out - they explode! 
   What if you looked up and all you could see was one big Dragon! To the north, maybe you could see the neck. To the south, maybe you could see the belly. Off to the east or west, maybe you could see the Dragon's arms. Imagine a Dragon so big that it blankets the entire sky from one horizon to the other. In an astrological sense, this generates a phase in which fate is erased. We each get a chance to be reborn into the power and potential of Summer. Set your sights on your highest potential, and go for it! By setting steady, realistic steps, humans can achieve incredible feats.

✧ Final Prep for Summer ✧

Have a Plan: Summer is the time for strategy.
Have a Team: It's hard by yourself. Ride with a tribe.
Have a Routine: Step by step. Day by day. A little at a time.
Have Great Day: Great years start off as great days.

Jia You / 加油 / Step on the Gas

Contents

・Shifu Says: A brief word from our head teacher, Shifu David Wei.
・Student of the Month: Maybe it's YOU! What did you do to earn it?
・The Daoist Calendar: Special holidays and how to observe them.
・Deep Steeps: Shifu celebrates his circus coach, Jim Donak!
・A Double Steep: Shifu interviews his Kung Fu Brother, Donnie Allen.

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