The alarm is set for 3 AM…
This weekend is another one of our parent school’s Hapkido seminars. It’d be easier if it weren’t 3,000 miles away, though. So we’re flying out of Philly tomorrow at 6 AM, which means getting up at 3 AM. Then, due to a quirk of plane ticket economics, we’re connecting in San Francisco before we fly out to Portland. We were last out there the end of Novemeber last year. It’ll be a very long day, though I should have a couple of hours of down time before the evening session starts. Two more sessions on Saturday, then we’re flying back on Sunday.
And on Tuesday, my wife and I are closing on a new house. It is close to our current house, and consequently close to the dojang. Much nicer and roomier, and just fits us much better than the current house. We’re looking forward to moving in. And I’m using the whole packing/organizing thing as an excuse for why I haven’t posted recently.
My back is in much better shape after numerous chiropractor visits, and I’ve been training regularly. This week I’ve been fighting a cold, so not as much training. BJJ is the first thing that falls off my schedule when I’m feeling a bit under the weather. At the dojang, there have been a couple of promotion exams recently, including a junior black belt promotion. I ran a plyometric-type of class last Saturday, and I felt that for days.
My weight ballooned a bit over the last couple of months, but it is back down to around 200 now, though I still want to drop that a bit further. I’ve added a 15 minute workout in the early morning during the week: 5 minutes on the bike at a fairly heavy resistance level, followed by 10 minutes of lifting, ab work, stretching, or whatever else I feel I need that day. That’s been working fairly well for me.
So, that’s my recent martial arts life in a nutshell. Moving and such will keep me fairly busy over the next couple of weeks, but hopefully I’ll sneak in a couple of posts between now and then.