Starting karate again :)
I'm going to be starting karate again :) I've emailed and spoken on the phone to the regional manager of the club I used to train with, he's going to send me a class schedule and a new membership card. I've bought a gi and some mitts and pads. I'm going to need to buy a club badge for my gi, and to sew up the sleeves and legs of the trousers because they're too long but I expected that, needed to get it too big so the jacket would close over my impressive chest. I'm going to be allowed to reenter class at my last coloured belt level (orange) and hopefully in a few weeks I'll remember all the strikes and blocks and kicks and katas properly. All told, I'm really looking forward to it, but somewhat apprehensive because I've been away for so long. I'm going to try to get to the first class early so I can explain to the sensei that it's been a few years and to ask to be excused from sparring for the first week at least. I'm pretty keen to get back in to sparring after that though, and I'm sure the floor will be wiped with my ass when I do.
I'm going to suffer, I'm going to hurt, and if past experience is anything to go on I'm going to crave salty foods when I come out because of all the sweating I'll be doing. I'll then have to walk past a McDonald's to get home...this was often fatal.
I should get a plain white t-shirt. Women are allowed to wear t-shirts under gis, for the sake of decency and all that. Men aren't, because the gis are designed essentially on their measurements.
I'm going to suffer, I'm going to hurt, and if past experience is anything to go on I'm going to crave salty foods when I come out because of all the sweating I'll be doing. I'll then have to walk past a McDonald's to get home...this was often fatal.
I should get a plain white t-shirt. Women are allowed to wear t-shirts under gis, for the sake of decency and all that. Men aren't, because the gis are designed essentially on their measurements.