Why this blog exists. It's personal.

I have decided to start putting together this blog to help motivate me get back into Kendo. It came to me while I was at the gym panting on a elliptic trainer (one of my favourite cardio machines).

I went to the gym to work off my winter weight - okay it was also my autumn weight and there was probably a bit of summer there too. However while getting down my weight is a good source of motivation, I also wanted to get back into shape for Kendo.

I have been away for over five years so I have a bit of fitness training to catch up as well as technical work to do.

I reckon my grading qualification is gone now (I was a 2nd Dan) but to be honest that doesn't matter to me as much as just getting back.

What Areas to Work On

So I have thinking about what I need to do to get back - as far as I see it there are three areas:

• physical
• skills or technical
• re-service my bougu and shinai - fitting into my gi is covered under physical (I have a nice hakama and I want to get back into it rather than buy another one).

What About the Mental

There is a mental aspect to Kendo as well and I aim to work on this as part of my physical and skills training.

So over the next few months I will use this blog to record my return.

Deadline

As they say, a goal without a deadline is a dream so let's make this dream a goal. So my aim is to be back training in five months - 10 February 2012 (or the nearest training day).


Until then, ja mata ne!