My homestay family mother took me and the two friends I made to a karate lesson on Saturday evening. Her uncle is a Karate sensei and thus, our in to a free introduction to the sport.

I actually got to change into the appropriate attire, however, it was slightly too big but I’m glad I got to change since I didn’t really bring any clothes to change into cause I’m a newb.

When it came to doing all the stretching, I was definitely the weakest into the entire gym. This was quite noticeable when it came to attempting the splits. I have terrible flexibility and by all the laughing from the parents watching their kids, yah, I was merely entertainment for everyone. hah!

After all the various warm up activities, we got into punches, kicks and practice fights. Actually, we weren’t allowed to fight cause we would have destroyed everyone. Scratch that, everyone would have destroyed us. When the kids practiced fighting, they had various protection gear on that we just didn’t have. So, instead, we watched from the sidelines. This was fine by me and the others.

I quite enjoyed the experience of being able to try Karate in Japan. Even though I sucked big time, it’s a great workout and even now, 2 days after, I am still sore. That’s mostly due to my lack of being in shape. sob sob sob

When I get back to Canada, don’t mess with me, or else…