[mtautomoscow]

Ouch. Dumbest thing I do is not drink LOTS of water. Which reminds me, got to leave work in 20 to go to practice...

Have a good practice!

[Saispapedlimi]

YUP YUP>.. NO alchy .. no Sex starting 2 weeks before major competition!!!!!!!

and den plenty of both afterwards.. ^_^

YEAH 2005 UNI Games in 1 weeks time!!!!!

[Blahhhshsh]

Isn't drinking lots of water good before practice? I drink about 12-16 oz 15 - 30 mins before practice. For me, it helps drinking a bit of water before the practice.

Read the post again...water good, not drinking lots is bad.

[gundorana]

have five or six Harajuku girls follow you aroud the dojo

[Old-old-Ivy]

Dumbest thing I've ever done before Kendo was not even my idea. The day before a Taikai the president of the Mexican Federation decided we were going to run 3 miles (5km) before the training session which is designed to tire out the top rung competitors and level the ground somewhat. I arrived at the training locatioon at 9:00 AM, left it at 8:00 PM. Stopped feeling my legs at about 2 miles into the run. Loafers are not great for running.

[BriKevin]

date the Sensei's daughter and dump her before class for one of the other girls in the dojo and make sure he knows.

[nemoforone]

weird rules you got in mexico... the winner of the marathon goes directly into semifinals too?

Si tan solo fuera eso. El presidente no le tiene cariño a la Ciudad de Mexico e inventa reglas para dañarnos. No se permite tsuki o gyaku do en selectivos nacionales, combates de 3mins con hantei. En los 3 torneos a los que he ido nunca he visto a alguien de Ciudad de Mexico ganar un hantei. Y no, el ganador no va a semis gratis. Ese pase automatico esta reservado para el estudiante favorito del presidente, nunca se ha enfrentado alguien mayor que ikkyu antes de las semifinales.

[EzekelEnzino]

I did one reallllly stupid thing. It was during the summer when i had no school and no job, so i would allways stay up late. So i stayed up all day on friday all the way to saturday mornining and went to practice withought out any energy. There was only 3 other ppl in the class, so i got to practice with my sensei for a good half and hour them with my sempai for another half and hour, with a lot of nonstop attack keiko. I dont think i died that day, I KNOW i died that day. Slept for like 24 hours the next day. That is death.

[mplawssix]

Drinking milk instead of water before practice. Really bad idea. My face changed to a scaring green color in jigeiko and i was told to stop, sit down, take the men off and drink some water. That was the closest i ever got to throwing up in my men.

Apart from that forgetting to eat or, worse, forgetting to drink enough on kendo days were bad experiences.