Slept like the dead last night. Leisurely morning and small breakfast of fruit and yogurt. We went to the dojo to meet everybody and then go to one of my favourite restaurants (Sakai) for sushi lunch. Because Sensei was there, some free special dishes that aren't on the menu arrived at our table. It was really delicious pork belly. Went straight to the airport from there. Our flight left early. The flight wasn't full, so Dave and I had aN empty seat between us. T...

Today is our 35th wedding anniversary. Spent it by going to karate this morning for the last day of training. 10-11 was Sensei Linda's turn to do the warm up and it was one of the most difficult we have ever done. Everybody was warmed up and there were a lot of puddles of sweat on the floor. Yuck! Sensei told us later that she knows everybody is stiff and tired and it helps to start off really sweating. She was right, my shoulders were less stiff after that. Seco...

Did the 10-11 session this morning with the whole group. In depth instruction of the warm up moves with Sensei Torben from Denmark. Second session was with Sensei Tata from Argentina. All about sets of 3 moves at a time, different combinations based on Geiki Sai Dai Ich Kata. I had a good partner, so it was fun. Had a migraine, though, and left after that session. Dave finished at 2, so we went to Mississauga again with Dwight and Jan, and Sensei Sam from Michiga...

We started the day with breakfast in the hotel. Dave's training started at 9, mine at 10. The first hour was taught by Sensei Joe from Australia. A lot of the drills we usually do, but moving while doing them, and as fast as you can. I was definitely sweating by the time the hour was up. Sensei Joe pulled me to the front of the class to demonstrate how you should kiai and execute some techniques. He likes how loud I yell and that I can be intense when I train. Th...

We made arrangements to meet Sensei Linda from the UK at 10 to go for dim sum. On the 5 minute drive over to the hotel to pick her up, we got a call from Sensei Nakamura. Apparently we were having an impromptu get together at his brother in laws bagel restaurant, so we headed there. Afterwards, we had time to kill before training (starting at 3 for Dave and 4 for me), so we headed to downtown Burlington for a walk along the waterfront. It was a beautiful sunny da...