My wife and I recently got a new cat as the house felt pretty empty. I sure with deep introspection we’d probably see that both of us needs to focus on something other than ourselves. Whatever the case the cat provides energy and focus at the house, but it means that a lack of sleep is back into the fore if we don’t make an effort to exercise the cat during the day.
Based on the cat’s behavior we assume that she sleeps all day and then remains awake during the evening. This is exhibited by her sleeping on us, talking to us, sitting on us and cleaning noisily.
As I mentioned in the past I have occasional problems with sleeplessness. The cycle goes something like two nights of bad sleep followed by a night of deep sleep. If I’m lucky I’ll keep on a good schedule for awhile until the next sleeplessness comes up.
You may be asking yourself what this has to do with anything martial. Well, the truth is probably not too much, but sleeplessness has a direct impact on my ability to pay attention and I notice that I’m definitely clumsier in general.
So the notion of going to class at 7 after I’ve been relaxing for a couple of hours is a mental fight. I have to force myself to get up and get moving. Then when I get to class I have to carefully warm up or pull the crap out of some muscle I didn’t know existed.
Short story long – I was yawning so much by the end of class I could hear the other students ears pop from the drop in pressure.
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Class was all about cat stance and then moving people around you. The principle move was cross block, grab the wrist, lock the elbow with the other hand and keep the movement. If done correctly (maybe with a little jerk) the opponent goes flying with little or no work on your part. Mostly we were doing that and basic punch block. I’m a bit sore today, but doing very well after a very long night of sleep. If a tsunami came I’d never hear the alarm.
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