purpletigron

W00t! I was very fed up of not being able to train for weeks on end. I had plenty of energy whilst I was away on R&R at the start of June. When I hit 'the Wall' of stress on returning home, light dawned: I need to devote a lot of energy to looking after myself if I'm going to get back to full strength - and the taproot of my CFS is emotional stress, not lack of sleep or excessive physical exertion.

W00T^2 because I did both classes tonight :-) Body art was basics: ikkyo - yonkyo, and I remembered some stuff although my heart rate was excessive if I tried to keep up with 'normal speed' of picking myself up off the floor and saying, "Please, Sir, may I have another?". Weapons was jo, and I re-learned the first 9 suburi*. Now I'm about to slip my aching frame into a hot bath, thanks to G :-)

I wonder how I'll feel by the time next class rolls around tomorrow evening ... ? :-)

* 1. chuku tsuki 2. kaeshi tsuki 3. ushiro tsuki 4. tsuki gegan gaeshi 5. tsuki jodan gaeshi 6. shomen uchikomi 7. renzoku uchikomi 8. men'uchi ushiro tsuki 9. men'uchi gedan gaeshi