Print

I capped Friday night’s karate class with kata & a tabata medicine ball slams. “The slam is a typical medicine ball exercise, that improves the reactive strength of your back and abdominal muscles. it is done with a non bouncing Med Ball”. Upon waking up Saturday, my back is telling me it was a mistake to go all out on a new exercise: I have difficulties moving & it will only get worse… No big deal, it may get better so I’ll still pack my gear for the afternoon karate training in the HangZhou branch dojo.

Here are the promised pictures of the yellow bean flowers covering the fields on most of the way (see the map); the weather was cast and air pollution conspired to veil the pics a bit, but it gives an idea of how colorful the countryside is at this time of the year.

Upon arrival after a 2 1/2 hours uneventful drive on the highway, my back and abdomen were feeling even worse… I went to lunch with my wife’s classmates and decided to skip karate training and go along with them on a mountain hike in LongJing, the world Capital of green tea.

Osu!