Yesterday was the funeral of one of the black belts at my martial arts club, she died aged just 46 due to breast cancer leaving a husband and 2 young children.
On Sunday my martial arts club are holding a charity 10 hour training session in her memory, to help raise funds for a CT scanner for the local hospital.
I intend doing all 10 hours, although to be fair that includes 2, ½ hour refreshment breaks. I've seen the timetable and to be frank it looks like 3 weeks classes back to back in one day! It will be a massive challenge but as a mark of respect to one who showed indomitable spirit and to support my clubs efforts a handful of intend completing it.
Come Sunday night I shall hopefully be feeling proud, tired and a bit lighter.
For those that have trained in MA the timetable is
10:00 Forms (kata) Drilling all from white belt to 2nd dan
12:00 Line work, set defenses,
1:00 Break
1:30 Weapons, Bo Staff, nunchaku, kama, sai and swords
3:00 XMA (performance martial arts)
3:30 Break
4:00 Escrima stick fighting/knife fighting, wing chun kung fu and trapping
5:00 Bag work/pad combinations
6:00 MMA ground work/grappling
7:00 Sparring (kick boxing)
8:00 end
XMA isn't my kind of thing its a bit too gymnastic and some of the weapons are new to me, but we'll give them all a go.
On Sunday my martial arts club are holding a charity 10 hour training session in her memory, to help raise funds for a CT scanner for the local hospital.
I intend doing all 10 hours, although to be fair that includes 2, ½ hour refreshment breaks. I've seen the timetable and to be frank it looks like 3 weeks classes back to back in one day! It will be a massive challenge but as a mark of respect to one who showed indomitable spirit and to support my clubs efforts a handful of intend completing it.
Come Sunday night I shall hopefully be feeling proud, tired and a bit lighter.
For those that have trained in MA the timetable is
10:00 Forms (kata) Drilling all from white belt to 2nd dan
12:00 Line work, set defenses,
1:00 Break
1:30 Weapons, Bo Staff, nunchaku, kama, sai and swords
3:00 XMA (performance martial arts)
3:30 Break
4:00 Escrima stick fighting/knife fighting, wing chun kung fu and trapping
5:00 Bag work/pad combinations
6:00 MMA ground work/grappling
7:00 Sparring (kick boxing)
8:00 end
XMA isn't my kind of thing its a bit too gymnastic and some of the weapons are new to me, but we'll give them all a go.
