by Chris McKaskell » Mon Jul 26, 2010 3:38 pm
Our house backs onto a wooded area surrounding a flood plain. The flood plain hosts a public park complete with a pool, tennis courts, playground, greenspace and public vegetable gardens.
The area is very busy in the summer months, but is not often used during the cooler, or wetter seasons; and is almost entirely deserted throughout the winter.
From about end of November to the beginning of March it becomes my winter dojo and I enjoy it in private, or with small groups almost everyday.
Unlike the club's indoor dojo it offers a wide range of conditions to work in and sometimes presents environmental challenges so unexpected they would be difficult to impossible to create anywhere else.
It's one of my favorite places to train!
Chris