Fun, Laughter and Madness - Cheese Rolling Contest!

[illusions]

Hi Everyone

I've been wanting to post about this here for some time now because, considering Laughter is such an Amazing benefit for our bodies and minds, I wanted to share this with you....

Here in Gloucester in the UK, there is a rather bizaar ancient tradition of, once a year, in May, chasing a wheel of Double Gloucester Cheese down an incredibly steep slope at the top of a hill! The person who reaches the bottom of the slope first, wins the cheese!

There is a rugby team at the bottom to catch those who can't stop (most of them ).

According to Wikipedia, "Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling has been summarised as "twenty young men chase a cheese off a cliff and tumble 200 yards to the bottom, where they are scraped up by paramedics and packed off to hospital".

They also have a children's race for under 12's - but thankfully, this is run UPHILL!

My sister and her partner live on Cooper's Hill, right at the foot of the Cheese Rolling Slope, and on the Cheese Rolling weekend in May, thousands of people (people come from all over the world!) swarm over the hill to watch, and to enter the races.

This year was the first time we'd seen the Cheese Rolling. My sister and her partner had a party, so we could all watch the Cheese Rolling from the comfort of their garden. They have a view of the slope from the end of their garden, so we didn't need to struggle through the crowds.

It was a great party, and after the crowds had left, my son (12 years old) decided it would be fun to ROLL down the slope in the mud - he came back looking like he'd been dipped in one of those chocolate fountains!!

Here's the footage of this year's contest - well worth watching lol
YouTube - Gloucestershire Cheese Rolling 2008

Enjoy!

Love and Light and Cheese xxx

[Pamela Vicik-Smith]

After you had told me about this event, I was telling some of my friend about it. They were laughing so hard at just me telling the story. You Brits are so funny

Odille, when you get the chance, start another thread about the "Sherwood Forrest" birthday party you had for your son. That was pretty amazing too

[Moria]

Thank you, Odile!! What a blast!!

Me and my family laughed our behinds of!!

What is it with men and things like balls..and cheese?!

Thanks for sharing, my Friend!

Much Love,

Moria xoxoxox

[Pamela]

Ha!!!!

Odille!!!

Honey!!! That is SOOOOO FUNNY!!!!

And Moria... How insightful of you! I never thought about how men DO resonate to balls and cheese...

Thanks for sharing this Very Fun video with us, Odille!!!

With Much Love and Gratitude,

Pamela

[illusions]

Couldn't Resist This!!! ......

hee heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!

THE BRITISH SHIN KICKING CHAMPIONSHIPS!!

Cheese Rolling is for nancies...... check this out!!!.....

Our beautiful county of Gloucestershire is host to more bizaar traditions than throwing yourself off a cliff after a wheel of cheese......


YouTube - British Shin Kicking Championship 2008

Love and Light and Mad Traditions xxx

[Grace]

Fabulous Illusions!

I absolutely loved watching the shin kicking contest! I have to say it not only made me laugh out loud, but now I will tell you a story about me that relates, and why I am so fabulously happy today.

When I was pregnant with my Son Ryan in l990, I decided to close my first business, which was an Aerobic Exercise Studio called Body Heat. Straight out of College I opened up my Exercise Studio. It was fabulous and I loved it, not to mention I had a local TV show with it too. This prepared me physically for what was to come.

I decided since this was my first child, that I needed to devote myself to family and so gave up teaching aerobics and my business. When Ryan turned 6 years old, I took him to study Karate. I did not yet realize that I was living a dream through him. I grew up loving Bruce Lee, and all the subsequent Martial arts Movies. So needless to say, I found myself, two weeks later, signed up in the adult program.

This style of Karate was recommended to me by my sorority little sister from College. She also lived in my area, and her brother was heavily into this style of Karate called Uechi Ryu Karate do.

I checked out other Dojo's closer to home for Ryan when he turned six, but when I walked into our Dojo it felt like home. It felt like my Studio. Same energy, and I knew this was it! I knew nothing about the Martial Arts, except from the movies, and so I didn't realize what type of Karate I was getting into.

We have a very unique Kata called Sanchin it strengthens the body in a most amazing way YouTube - Karate Okinawa - Uechi ryu (by the way I have trained with the gentleman and his son you see in this video many times throughout the 13 years I have been training)

On my profile picture, to the bottom left you will see a small baseball bat of wood and a bowling pin. (this is where your video made me laugh but also I realized that I am no different from these men) Well, the small baseball bat is what I use daily to bang my shins with(after years of training it doesn't hurt and my shins are like knives) and the bowling pin is what I use to beat my outer thighs, top of my thighs and inner thighs! ( in order to take kicks and not get hurt)

In the beginning of my training I had no clue and just accepted the bruising as part of training. My family members were horrified with my bruises, and hence often asked me to quit. After 5 years of bruises , I decided that I needed to find a healing modality that worked instantly. Well needless to say I attracted the fabulous Dr. Yuen into my life who taught me Chinese Energetic Medicine. YouTube - Kam Yuen with David Carridine

In the first workshop I went to, He spoke about my Kata Sanchin!! I knew I was in the right place!! I kept this fabulous healing ability to myself, a few friends, and family, due to my mothers warnings since childhood that I was "different" and I needed to protect myself by being silent.

Needless to say I stopped bruising, and even though I have been kicked in the face twice, countless times in the ribs, stomach etc. from all my tournament experiences, I am stronger today than ever before. ( Cem, ultimate body, and sports module).

When I first began Using Paths, my CEM skills quantum leaped (which Yuen told me many years earlier that I would evolve CEM) Aaron asked me to talk about Chinese Energetic Medicine on the Energetic Forum in its infancy. After trying the Intuition and Insight Module, (a month after Aaron asked me to start the thread) I KNEW that I had to start the CEM thread. I came out of the closet so to speak.

I barely talk about what my experiences with Paths are today because they are all too unbelievable and they happen daily! Because of my CEM skills I am AWARE OF EVERYTHING that Paths has done for me!!

So beautiful Illusions, watching this hilarious video, also brought tears to my eyes, because if it weren't for my bruised shins I would not have studied Cem, muscle tested if Paths was the technology that was prophesied to me 10 years prior, and come out of the closet with my true Nature.

I would not be feeling the IMMENSE LOVE that I feel today!!

I have broken wood for many public demonstrations that my Dojo has put on. My shins and forearms are "deadly weapons" Here is a video of the masters I have trained with breaking wood.

YouTube - Uechi Ryu Breaking