We matched. Karate Camp 2009

This past weekend was Karate camp. It’s an annual tradition: we go up to some sort of facilities and practice karate for the whole weekend, Seriously! I haven’t been up to Karate camp in a while now. The last time I went we were still going up to UofT’s Hart House farm in Orangeville. The last two years the club has been trying new places. This year, the club decided to check out the facilities at the Salvation Army Camp grounds at Jackson’s point. It was perfect! This is the first time that camp had showering facilities! The Hart House farm had no showers, so to wash up we would jump into a freezing lake, do a few strokes and call it a day.

The last time I went to camp, I wasn’t engaged, and while Ali and I had both moved out and were living with our Significant Others we would see each other quiet often. Today, Ali is in another city with a baby and a mortgage and I’m a proper adult with a job. So, it was really a nice treat to be at Karate camp with Ali. On Saturday when we changed into our normal clothes we realized that we had warn matching outfits (no, I don’t mean our white karate gis!). And that’s when I knew that no matter how much our lives change, we’ll still be very similar in so many ways. I’ll put up a picture shortly, because I’m not making this up.

I wrote this on 25 May 09 when I was feeling .

Comment

  1. Fran says,

    Hey Sempai Shima
    Hey there! Guess who? It was great to see Ali again. Maybe he can make it down to the Barbecue in the summer at the Y, ask him and he can bring his new baby? I really like your Blog, it is very Shima. Camp was awesome I had a blast.Hope we go there again next year.
    Wash your smelly Gi yet so you don’t knock out any more kids with it? I did. I think it’s time I get another Gi I only have the one. See you in Class.

    Kohai Fran

 
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