A Warrior's Thougts on the Martial Arts

Back again. Lots of work at the moment, as I'll re-open my dojo in a couple of days. Last weekend, I did the first part of the IAEKF (international arnis eskrima kali federation) instructor course in Bad Schallerbach, Upper Austria. That was a great experience, I'm definately looking forward to doing the next part. My instructor there, Günter Deschka, is a martial arts veteran who's done quite a lot. Apart from being a great judo player, he's been doing Chuan Quan Khi Dao for 27 years, along with some boxing, muay thai and well, a lot of FMA (fillipino martial arts) over the last five years. I really like his down-to-earth approach to things and his realistic judgement on what makes sense, self-defense wise. It'd be my pleasure to have him come to Vienna and give a stick-fighting seminar for my students. As a matter of fact, we're already negotiating the details. On a general note, over the next season, I'll try to get as many seminars as possible to my dojo...

Nothing new here ATM. I've been in Poland for about the last two weeks - for the first time, I spent time there without hitting the gym even once. I didn't attend a single martial arts class. I don't want to go into detail why I didn't train as there was a couple of reasons. Anyways, on monday, Chris and I are going to hit our 5x5 again. Also, over the last days I was kicking, striking and grappling again, with little to no pain during the sessions. I have to admit my knees were swollen afterwards, but I'm dealing with that pretty well. After living with an injury for some time, one learns how to support the body in fighting off the pain. In my particular case, the best therapy is heat. A hot tub before bed or some sauna after training will spare me a lot of pain during the night. On a last note, I'll attend a Kali seminar next weekend - the first of a whole series. I'll keep you updated - so long, take care