…leave with memories not regrets…
I’ve not managed to make it home just yet, in a last ditch attempt to pretend that the holiday is not over, I’ve pulled into a quiet bar in Paddington and muster the last of my thoughts together. Looking back I guess it’s fair to say that the recent blog posts are pretty self-indulgent. They … Continue reading Day 1-Home
There was a rumour at the Sayonara Party that Terauchi Sensei was going to take a class at 0900 the following morning. Now I've been observing dry January and so this was the first night that I'd had a drink in God knows how long so on the 'morning after' there was no way that … Continue reading Day 108
By the time I got to the Kaiken this morning the weather had decided to become angry and spit on me. Along the way, each morning I pass the Naha Fire Station and every morning the various teams are lined up, there seems to be a lot of shouting and bowing and then they break rank … Continue reading Day 6- Drink in every moment
No rain to greet me this morning,but that said it was far from warm. I hear it's in the low single figures back in Blighty, so I guess I should be grateful for the +10C temperatures here, but the wind makes it bloody cold. In any case I only managed a few hours sleep so … Continue reading Day 4. Don’t feel guilty
The rain woke me at 07:00, OK, so that's a bit of a lie. I was dozing from about 04:00 and sound of the rain on a metal roof near the apartment lead me to believe that we were being invaded by a possy of badly trained ninjas. This wasn't normal rain, no this was … Continue reading Day 3. Don’t give up
There is a beautiful familiarity to being in Okinawa, I was so excited about self training in the dojo that I woke at 4am and couldn’t get back to sleep. Ah jet lag. By the time I did make it to the dojo, I had dragged myself out for a quick run to get rid … Continue reading Day 2. Finding the rhythm…
I am so tired. I sit on the third flight of the ‘day’, a day which started more than 24 ago and didn’t even get to hear the flight safety briefing before I was out cold. In Osaka airport I had regained access to the world of Facebook and the many updates from friends told … Continue reading Making memories
