This week I'm on the road, attending a conference in Duesseldorf. It's always nice to, once in a while, get out of my home institute and have a change of the air.
Last week back in Dresden I managed to train once on Tuesday, the evening before I had to deliver a presentation. My body was not fit due to the lack of sleep and overworking lately. But I enjoyed nevertheless the mental and physical exersices.
We did 2 sets of kirikaeshi, followed by some kihon, and then started yoko-men ooikumi-geiko, and kote-men ooikumi-geiko. At this point my body was already exhausted -- just the right time to do jigeiko.
I couldn't hit fast especially when I did kote-men, for example, I constantly forgot to push my hip forwards. I was experimenting with ways of seme (pressuring forwards), but I'll have to try more to see what works. In general, I have a better centre and maai has improved a little too.
The training finished at 11pm. I got home around 11:30pm and worked until 3am. True samurai spirit?
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Ivan, nice to hear you are still training hard in your busy schedule. Take care of your body too!
Thanks, Vivian. Last week when I was on the conference I made sure I ate A LOT and sleep properly (not without some beer beforehand though). ;)
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