Holy hell am I sore today!
After a few months of gathering my life together and seeding a few career changes I'm finally back in the game and all I can say is 'ow'. Not that it's unexpected and if anything, it just makes me all the more determined to pull myself back up to where I was when I left off.
Like riding a bicycle, however the body never really forgets the motions. The brain can get confused or frustrated, but muscle memory can always be counted on. It took a lot longer to warm up that it usually does. I couldn't hit kote to save my life yesterday, and it took some real hard concentration to hit a large men, but by the time we started jugeiko I was able to strike at least decent pops on men and coaxed my reflexes into keeping up with most of the strikes against me. I even got a compliment on one of my hits which is always encouraging after a lengthy absence.
Monday will be the real trial though, Monday practices are always much more thorough and rigorous. I'm going to be feeling it on Tuesday for sure. The only thing I can really do now is draw myself a hot bath and paper myself with shippu.
