Just like Tic Tacs
Topic: Training
Ah yes...nothing kills some ones training like a good migraine. This thing has been kicking my but for the last few days now and I think if it keeps up I am going to have to see a doctor for it. I use to get these all the time and then I started to drink massive amounts of coffee and they have held off for a while (caffine is a natural stimulant used to treat headaches...useless medical fact #243). I have been cutting the coffee back to one big cup and a small cup in the afternoon. The rest of the time I have been swallowing tea and water. The black tea I have been drinking has made me feel a lot better after having been drinking it steady ( a cup or two a day ) for the last few months. Now all I have to do is to finally kill these head aches and I should be all set.

I think my next Jeet Kune Do test is in April so I think I have some time to prepare for it. This test is the last one before the Black Sash test. Sifu Raffi has been talking about how the black sash is going to be a real ball breaker with lots of little barbs to take from us a bit at a time so by the end we should look like smoked dog crap. The level nine test (the one that I am taking soon) should be intense but I don't think will have a problem with it. Most of the material is self "inflicted" and as long as I am on my game I should do just fine.

One of the things that has been on the plate with some of the boys in the school is to get a second class of Filipino Kali going. The hard part is getting this idea past Guro Raffi. We used to have a second class but then once it was in full swing, we started to loose members for some reason. The class finally died when it droped to two members and for the last 3 years, our kali class consisted of 4-6 members with the average class size a consistant 3. This has changed in the last year as we have seen a huge upswing in the attendance. We now have 12 members with an average class of 8-10. Definately good stuff. Maybe if I continute to bug Guro Raffi I can get this party started.

Regards,
Walt