Training times.....

Training at two in the morning might seem a little odd, but not so much if you're a shift worker.

Sometimes when I go back onto days my body clock is so far out of whack that bada boom bada Bing, I'm wide awake in the early hours....

I hate training in the morning anyway. My body has usually seized up and it's hard to get moving, I'm also more prone to injury (history shows)  and besides, unlike those in professional jobs or white collar workers (no insults intended) I have to be up at five and on the road by quarter to six to be at work on time when I'm on days.....

My job is mentally and physically demanding anyway, and on the occasion I have trained in the morning ( usually 4 to 5 am) by the end of a twelve hour shift I'm absolutely wasted.....not good for the body......

I've got two of these....
Great for training the
Fingertips and hand position
For Hiraken....fore knuckle strike

My Karate is always better in the evening....I'm loose and keen to engage with whatever arises.

I've heard/been told, more than once, that an hours training in the morning is worth two in the evening.  Personally, having done both and at unholy early hours of the morning (very early) I think this train of thought is a crock of the old proverbial to be honest; that's my experience in the matter.

Karate isn't about continually regimented times for training anyway...it's about blending with your life style.

Tonight for example, prior to writing this for the blog, I trained for half an hour with two different Makiwara, and half an hour of Hojo Undo.....
Why? Well, that's what I fancied doing.....
The next session could be any time and doing whatever comes to mind.

More fore knuckle training...

What I never do though is let Karate Training affect my Job or home life......Work is work.
Home is home and karate is karate. When these things affect one another then there is something very wrong somewhere, an imbalance.

I wrote in the first blog of finding myself in a unique position. With renewed enthusiasm I move forward based on experience, and whilst not perfect, nothing ever is, it's far better than any alternative.