A 50-something martial artist chronicles his recovery from ACL surgery and the joys and challenges of training in a non-traditiona..
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End of Summer
Published on 2010-08-25 18:22:00
A lot of changes are in the works here. Our daughter moves into her dorm in New York City on Sunday, and it's going to be really tough seeing her go, though she's nearby. Our son is starting to take a full course load farther out on Long Island, along with work and his own apartment, all of which is great.To help pay for all this college, we're trying to live a bit more simply. For one thing, we've gone down to one car, which I kind of like; my wife gives me a ride in the morning to the train, a
Best Laid Plans
Published on 2010-08-23 20:08:00
Was planning on going to grappling class last night. Long Island Railroad exploded instead. Made lemon out of lemonade--took the subway to my old neighborhood in Queens, my wife and daughter met me at a restaurant there. But got home way too late to make it to class.I figure if I shoot for exercise six days a week, I'll get there four or five days.
Back from Vacation: Training
Published on 2010-08-13 10:27:00
Back from vacation, I plunged into work, where it felt like I was two weeks behind after one week of vacation. But I also got in some good training, including a couple of mornings running in the gym at work on the treadmill as cross training.My school has new students from another school nearby that combined with ours, so there are new folks to spar and train with. I got a brown belt in a triangle choke, woohoo!I put in extra time after my two grappling classes, working on my jab on the heavy ba
