Each year I find that Christmas preparation, school concerts, family events, etc. make the next 6 weeks very interesting. I find that my goal of keeping up my training in Karate starts to conflict with all of these other events.

I'm trying to find a way to sneaking in moments of training at home so that I do not lose what I have worked so hard to gain, but no matter how many different ways I look at it, those hours spent at the parties/concert do not allow for much flexibility in...

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So many aspects of my Kyokushin training is spilling out into my daily life that there is a blur of the barriers between Karate, and non-Karate.

I find myself looking at my home/ work challenges, and problems with the same calm strategic thoughts as if I was facing a sparring session. I think things such as "Where is the weakness? Where is the strength? What can I use to my advantage? What should I just absorb, and work past? How do I take a position of command in this situation?"...

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Life has become more and more challenging, but I wouldn't want any less.

Finally I have a few hours to myself to be able to visit my favorite places on the internet, read my emails, perhaps even read some blogs.

I over did it again last night. Too much training for my body, and even though my spirit was still strong and pushing, my knees gave out, and I fainted. All I remember was the feeling of my legs giving out under me, and "waking"...

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I'm working on increasing the height of my jumps while being aware of the limitations of my older body.

I was lucky enough to stumble on this webpage that talks about such things.

The good news for me is that I have seen improvement in being able to do squats/lunges, etc. But.. how much more improvement can I do without risking injury, or causing damage?

I am asking myself if it is worth fighting for more height in jumping kicks. I am not a young...

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Usually summer equals more training for me as the good weather allows for access to my backyard as a dojo.

However, I've noticed that my personal training has attracted the local children in my area. They stand nearby, and watch. One of them, a more courageous 8 year old boy, came up beside me for a short while, and imitated my movements telling me that he was practicing his "moves". I didn't mind. My only concern was the sudden turns that I do in my kata. This boy was...

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