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Archive for January, 2008

Head first

Thursday afternoon I pulled a thigh muscle. It was a good thing there was no dojo on Saturday, since that leg wasn’t very happy until Sunday.
On Saturday, we went to check out a martial arts supply place people in the dojo had been talking about. It turned out to be in a far [...]

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Hail makes me happy

Friday: No hot water.
Saturday: Very hot water, barely managed not to get burned in the shower. Dojo was excellent fun, even though I was still sore from Thursday and Ben decided to make us do rolls for half of class. Ended up doing some training post-dojo as well, which may have been non-brilliant [...]

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Last week I finally accepted the obvious and bought a folding cane. My ankle’s been doing much better since, I’m down to only using it for long walks or heavy loads now, but generally it’s been very helpful for not pain overloading myself. Between that and a compression brace, I can actually keep [...]

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Last week we went to the dojo, but there was no class because of rain. I froze my feet in wet tabi and got a hypothermia lesson instead. Apparently proper ninjas are supposed to know to wear wool socks. This week, there was dojo, and we went, and it was great fun. [...]

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Ding, dong, 2007’s dead

Holidays survived, with only minor pain from encounters with laundry detergents. I ought to acquire a real bedroll to spare complication in the future. Spent some nice time with Nate’s parents, acquired plastic plant pots. Got a few books for Christmas that I’d been interested in. We also got a third [...]

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