Been a good week for training. I couldn’t resist Kick Boxing on Monday which was a splendid physical test. A great warm up preceded a long session working in stations, from pad work, shadow boxing, jog/sprint/pressup/burpee/squat rotations and then bag work. Absolutely beasted it giving everything in the tank.
Tuesday was my Senpei session with Sensei Doyland, and while ‘teachers assistant’ sounds reasonably easy it is actually quite tiring running up and down the line correcting here, advising there, demonstrating here,….
Wednesday was a rest day, everything ached from Monday
Thursday was advanced karate which made Mondays kick boxing efforts seem like a saunter round the park. Sensei Doyland took no prisoners and on more than one occasion I had a mouth full of vomit. The entire class was out on its feet, a very hot and very physical session, what an advanced class should be all about.
Friday, well rest day again I am afraid, but I am getting on now, things take longer to get over. Still Saturday is just around the corner and I have the delights of teaching Little Dragons in the morning, the little darlings. 4 to 5 year old Karate Ka’s , very unpredictable.
I might slip in the HIT fitness class with Kev Knights before hand as Krav Maga with Ash is out this weekend as have places to be early afternoon. And then Sunday going to give Kettle Bells with Shaun Mansell a crack before limping on to do Kata. So busy weekend, bring it on….As my instructor and mentor keeps saying “Pain is weakness leaving the body”