The weather has been hot and humid these past few days. It's making training a little tougher on our new guys, but I also think that its helping us all pay better attention to our training. After all, if your hot, sweaty and tired you don't want to keep doing the lessons with all the extra unnecessary motions you will normally permit yourself in the quiet cool of the dojo. As heat forges the sword, so sweat forges the soul.

On the home front, I took my nephews out to a local amusement center and watched them go bonkers playing video games, air hockey and bowling.