So, I have been away from this blog for awhile....
Fatherhood (now 7 weeks old) will do that!
So my 6month check up went well. I still have 2 to 3cm to make up to achieve balanced muscle mass of both legs. In the strength tests, two tests, there is still a 26% difference in explosive power muscles and a 32% difference in slow power muscles.
Now this may seem alot, but I have been reassured it is quite normal. Normal athletes and even casual ones, generally have a little better numbers, but martial arts places so much strain on the knees that recovery takes longer.
Onto my training...
I have stepped up the training, bit by bit, to a level that my teacher has told me to prepare for a winter grading (sometime during December) at the Winter Gasshuku (training camp). Now this adds some interesting difficulties...one is that being as December puts me 4 months shy of 1year post surgery and the other that one of the required kata contains a Nidangeri (jumping kick), third being I have to learn 2new kata, 1 nunchaku kata and have to face various rounds of kumite....
A challenge to say the least! (Adding the lack of sleep and home training to the mix....but looking at my boy makes it worthwhile!)
Winter Sandan Exam....here I come!
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