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| Concluding my training outside my private dojo, the Asobudojo, in Ichinomiya, Aso-shi: 100 seiken choku-zuki |
A crazy level of snow has fallen here in Aso shi… Even Aso-jin are
surprised by it! Yesterday, my commute home from my private dojo took close to
two hours, which is normally a 10 minute drive. This morning Mizuho’s car and
my car were both buried in snow.
At the dojo, after training in the dojo for two hours, I
decided to get outside and do some “kangeiko style” training: 100 choku-zuki;
100 migi and hidari gyaku-zuki; 100 migi and hidari mae-geri; and a run to the
dojo caretaker to return the key. Needless to say, the dojo caretaker was
shocked when she saw me running (to her office in my dogi) in the snow. She
said in Nihongo, “you are very Japanese”, which can best be translated “…you
are a crazy gaijin”. Actually she is such a lovely old lady and was very
concerned I might get sick from the cold. Often I have received snacks, genki
drinks, and visits during my self-training.
Anyway, it was a case of frozen, sore muscles, but an excellent
session!
Unable to travel to Kumamoto today and study under Nakamura Masamitsu
Shihan, due to the dangerous road conditions, I will need to turn our spare bedroom
into a mini dojo; however, I will use the time to review some points in my kihon.
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| Heian-yondan kata before getting out into the snow. |
Osu, André.
© André Bertel.
Aso-shi, Kumamoto-ken, Japan (2014).
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