Once you fall of out a pattern, it’s quite hard getting back in. I stopped exercising and now it’s a pain trying to start running again. Last time I ran was a month ago, and that was an isolated event. I’ve also been neglecting my guitar. Amazing really, for someone that loved to play so [...]
Apr
16
Blood, Sweat, and Tears
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Just minus the tears. Some dude bled all over my Gi (karate uniform) today. Not cool…bastard. I also biked the 10 clicks to the school on the other side of town. Oh man am I going to be fit. I weighed in today at 106.0kg.
Feb
20
Legs hurts, first jog in a while
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I jogged yesterday to my fiancee’s house in order to give her bus pass back. I use it for Sundays when I go for my Karate. But there was no karate yesterday, I should really start checking my club’s website more often. Today’s session was pretty good. I got worked up and we did kata’s. [...]
Feb
11
It’s so Friggin’ Cold
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I love that rush of blood that gets to your face and appendages when you walk inside after a very very long walk in -11 Celsius weather. The rush creates this burning sensation. Just beautiful. I had an icicle of snot hanging from my nose.
Karate was pretty good today. Got some 360 crescent kicks in [...]
Feb
6
First Nunchaku Video
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Thought I’d record myself and see how it looks ;) The nunchuka’s are foampadded. I would have gotten wooden ones by now but the only dude that sells them in my city sold the last pair the same day I wanted to get them.
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Jan
7
Black Belt in One Year
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A year from now an 8th Dan sensei from Italy will come to Poland to give a black belt exam. I’m scheduled to take part in that, if I’ve prepared enough for it.
 After today’s training I realized that I’m a little lacking on the flexibility side. I’m doing all I can to get fit but [...]
Nov
6
A different karate
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I had karate yesterday…and I didn’t. Confusing? I went for my karate class at the other end of the city (I’m going to start going there because my sensei asked me to get more involved as I’m a black belt candidate) and was all ready to rock and roll on the club’s new tatami mats, [...]
Jun
20
Karate Was Killer Today
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I was sweating buckets and buckets. But it was so worth it! Today’s a warm day and after that practice I got the very strong urge for fruit so I bought 10 oranges, 5 apples, and like 6 fruit drinks. Oh, and 2 litres of milk.
My Medical Student Blogs blog just got it’s 3rd comment [...]
May
22
Just some light sparring…
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That’s what the sensei said near the end of our karate session today. “Just some light sparring.” So I turned on my white-belt sparring approach and started off lightly sparring with this other blue belt that was older than me and bigger in girth. It was starting to escalate really fast and hit a climax [...]
Apr
26
Ball Jerking Fun
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Well, I bought a bone a couple of days ago for our tournament that gonna happen this Saturday at the University. Yesterday I made soup with it. Put it into a huge pot and starting boiling the thing for about 3 hours. Added some seasonings, salt, pepper, etc. I whisked away the fat that formed [...]
Apr
5
New Moves
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I was at karate today and we started doing some of the Heians. The instructor enlightened me with the new JKA (Or atleast I think it’s JKA now, might have changed) standards. Some moves are different then the old versions. Sensei said that in a testing/practice setting it doesn’t matter too much but a lot [...]
Apr
3
Going for Black
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Today at karate I learned that I have a semi-set examination date for my black belt…January 2008! Well, that gives me lots of time to prepare. Tell ya the truth, I didn’t expect it faster. I know I need to brush up on some things.
I was at church with Justyna for Easter recollections in the [...]
Mar
28
Knee Troubles
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I was at karate today in a different spot. Today isn’t my normal day but more advanced people come today and I thought it would be a good idea to come today seeing as how I didn’t show up yesterday. I somewhat regret going today as during our warm-up sparring my knee got acquainted with [...]
Feb
19
So I had a karate seminar with Sensai Dan Harast (6th Dan) on Saturday. It was awesome, just awesome. I thought I die of exhaustion (or pain). It was about an hour and fifteen minutes long. We were constantly jumping and jumping and jumping…basically doing a lot of leg work from which I developed blood [...]
Feb
13
Histology and Karate Seminar
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We had our fist day in histology today. Nothing special. Orientation and the likes. Sounds interesting but I know it’ll be lab work. For some reason unbeknownst to me, I don’t think I’d like to sit behind a microscope for the rest of my life.
Karate was interesting today. We did Bassai-Dai, Kanku-Dai, and Nijushiho. I [...]
Feb
6
Inspiration
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I sometimes stop and take a moment to think about the things that inspire me. Inspire me to go on, to do something, to live. My parents inspire me to do my best. My colleagues inspire me to compete at my highest level in school and sport. Other people’s talents inspire me to try them [...]