I'm really glad I went to training today. My teachers were very encouraging and getting through three hours without hurting myself helped as well. I was starting to think I was for "soft training". I definitely have lost some cardio abilities while trying to heal from my bumps and bruises. They all, at the dojo, have sore spots and little injuries, they all have bad days or even weeks of training at less than 100% but they keep showing up and doing what they can. Mr. Merritt pushed himself to the point of puking today...man, thats the spirit there. I'm going to give it a try, at some point. I'm not sure I could just go right back to training afterward, like he did.
I'm going to try some changes in my diet like; eating a proper breakfast, lowering my caffeine intake, no sweets.
The kickboxing was cool. I got to work out with Mr. Broom and find out that I really need to practice blocking the lateral shin kicks. I think he wanted to train a bit rougher. I still feel a little weird swinging punches at their heads. I keep thinking,"what if I hit them?", ok what if I do? I know when they get through and tap me on the head, it makes me duck a little faster the next time. I'm going to try to be more aggressive with the kickboxing.
I got to grapple with Mr. Broom also and could tell he's good at it. I'm as impressed with his skills as I hoped I would be. I like to grapple hard but didnt have the wind today.
I stayed for the cardio taijutsu today. I needed it. I'm going to get busy with the cardio.
Tomorrow is the ninja class and I am looking forward to it.

Hey Martha, my wife, thank you. Thank you for making this all possible for me. Thank you for encouraging me to make positive changes in my life. I love you.