Today's been an interesting one. I spent the entire day with FP. In the morning, we went to Master K's house, since he and FP are good friends, and we were running an errand for Master K. It was nice to be in his house, to see his life and stuff. However, it quickly went sour when his partner and mum came home, with the dog they had just been told was needing to be put down. It was incredibly sad, and I wish I stayed in the car. I was intruding on something I should not have, a private moment, even though it was FP that dragged me in. So, good and bad start to the day.

FP and I went off to get new uniforms printed (yay! New shiny uniforms!), and then went to Ashdown Forest to get lost for a while. And boy did we. We followed streams, jumped trees, found electric cattle fences. It was awesome. Whenever we do these things, it reminds us how much it will help our training. The stamina needed to walk/run/crawl as much as we do it immense. The balance required not to deck every two seconds, just as immense. It is all helpful. Also very fun!

We missed the karate class tonight. We were stuck in traffic for two hours. It was rubbish tings. I was spending my time winding FP up, and I thought after an hour and a half he was going to punch my face in. YOU KNOW WHEN YOU SPEND A WHOLE DAY WITH SOMEONE... AND IT GETS TO THAT POINT. But he didn't punch my face in, so it's all good.

We got to training, and I faired alreet. Stretching and padwork, mainly. Some drill work, too. We did a bit of sparring, and I am learning to pick shots better through countering, not attacking. Getting there slowly! Grading is in about two weeks, and I'm not sure I'm ready for it. Not sure if I will go to this one. We shall have to see!