Time, the fourth dimension, is something that we would all like more of. Our time, like our money, is something we “spend”. The trouble is, unlike our money, we don’t really know how much we’ve got in our accounts so we ought to be ultra thrifty!
Anyway, I have been saying recently that a lot can be achieved in karate in what on the face of it seems a short period of time. As far as karate training is concerned most people think in terms of ‘dojo time’. So they would probably view a period of one week as: three classes; or 3 1/2 hours of formal training ( 4 1/4 if you do ‘the double’ on Friday evening!). But, so long as you have the enthusiasm for it you could be improving your knowledge, understanding and technical ability virtually all the time!
It’s surprising just how much you can achieve on your own if you take responsibility for your own learning.
You could spend your Wednesday morning coffee break at work daydreaming about a possible lottery win later that evening, or you could spend it visualising the katas you want to get right for your grading. And what’s more, some of the finer points of your general technique which you want to improve upon could be drilled to perfection in the time it took to boil the kettle!
Remember, a week is a long time in karate!
SOUTH NOTTS KARATE 