[beth]

For a second there i thought this thread was started by the female version of The Great I AM lol

The universe is symmetrical, so I believe there must one out there somewhere. Thing is, she'd be short, lumpy, a teetotaler and would be able to do spectacular hiki-waza.

[yovbQVpD]

It's regularly in the high 80s (~29 degrees C) here. I don't like to do Kendo when it rains cause the high humidity makes the floors catch your feet. Some parts of the island are a lot cooler, but I'd rather be hot during Kendo than having my muscles get cold while I'm waiting to jigeiko.

[scoundtrack]

Now for you yanks, with the exception for joekc6nlx (good on you! ), this IS a international forum and the only ones using the fahrenheit-scale as far as I know are you guys thus one might consider it polite to convert it to Celsius?

No problemo, I can even do lbs/kilo conversion but I think we should do weight in stone and length in rods (There are 4 rods per chain, 10 chains per furlong, and 8 furlong per mile) simple

It is a balmy 0 degrees Centigrade (that's 273.15 Kelvin) it is trying to snow but it is coming down more like slush. All in all it has been a pretty mild winter but February usually get us a week or so of about -25C or so when the wind blows in from Canada over the Great lakes. I'm not looking forward to that.

[MormefWrarebe]

Hot, Cold, Hot, Cold... Weather in Australia is so wacky lately, never seen rain in summer before I came over here. Although the worst was around New Year, thought that Sydney was going to melt away.
I'll take practicing in the cold any day of the week!
Gods, when's it gonna be winter again...

[Senasivar]

Weather in Australia is so wacky lately
Gods, when's it gonna be winter again... That's assuming we get a decent winter. Dammit! Why can't the seasons behave?? A couple years ago a friend and I were sitting at a cafe in the height of summer, rugged up in our jackets and jumpers drinking hot coffee and shivvering. This year I have to put sunscreen on before the walk to work which is just a couple streets away!

At least it's cooler now. Until tomorrow.

[Munccoughe]

Sydney's quite beautiful in the grey soft light and clouds,
I dread the weekend heat!

[DP5Ups8o]

It seems that Syd is getting Melbourne weather. It's usually more settled.

Not as hot as new year.

[we0MA4MI]

Gah. Tomorrow's a horrid 39C.

Woke up this morning and though the hills must be ablaze because we and the entire city was clouded in a haze of smoke. It's only just started to lift. It came from VIC though. Just heard that not only are NSW crews down in VIC helping to fight the fires but they've put the Tassie firies on call to be flown up tonight. I hope all you kendoka are safe!

[ensuppono]

People tell me all the time, that I am too hot for kendo........

In lesser tiems you'd be dragged out back and shot for that one...ahahaha

Yeah...I remember rocking up after training for the past year in Malaysia(airconditioned dojo). It was 45degrees and after that first kirikaeshi I was dying.

[kneexyFreedly]

I'd rather be hot during Kendo than having my muscles get cold while I'm waiting to jigeiko.

With water, fans and maybe some slowing down, practising in heat is not a (physiological) problem. Cold muscles on the other hand, get hurt very easy, especially with kendo as it's rather explosive. So, I'd say +30 in your dojo is a lot better than +5 or below. Celsius/Centigrade of course, as only one person so far seemed to prefer Kelvin.

And I must say I don't see why all you say you prefer heat or cold...personally I prefer training in a temperate room with good air circulation. Is it just me?

[adultcheee]

Bah... training in different temperatures is an important part of our training. We've all heard of kangeiko, practice in the frickin' cold. They say it is good for your spirit. Same thing goes for the heat. Granted, the cold makes you want to train more to keep warm, extreme heat will require periodic breaks so as to not have people fall unconscious, but the idea is the same, working through hardship. Be careful when you train so you don't get hurt, but deal with the circumstances. It would be boring if the temperature was always nice and perfect, ne?

[XYTommy]

Aw, I'm just a wuss. I've always had problems coping in the heat (though I've lived here my whole life and it's always been like this). I'd have dehydrated myself clean away by now if it wasn't for my saviour, my life-line, my holy grail - Powerade

Admittedly I've never trained in extreme cold but I have been out the backyard doing suburi with the frost cracking under my bare feet. But after twenty minutes of chi kung first you don't really notice the cold as much.

39C today. I think I might go live in the bath for the rest of the day.

[xIuvyAuT]

It would be boring if the temperature was always nice and perfect, ne?

Not really. I don't mind focusing on other things...like technique.

[Relsenlilky]

39C today. I think I might go live in the bath for the rest of the day.

Try putting your head in the fridge, works for me... although, come to think about it, the fridge does start melting after like, ten minutes.
Seen some reports about the fires in vic, seems to be much hotter down there then here.
Its not the heat that kills you really when doing anything physical, its the humidity, I remember days in the army when the temps would reach almost 50C and humidity hanging tight on 100%... the worst feeling in the world, we used to draw for who would go run outside and get a coke can!
ustralia's not as bad as that, so far anyways

[ferelrossi]

Try putting your head in the fridge, works for me... although, come to think about it, the fridge does start melting after like, ten minutes. Hey, the freezer works, too! Except now my head feels soggy it's thawed out.

As for humidity, I used to do data entry in the middle of this huge warehouse. One day it was in the mid thirties but the humidity was heinous. The guys that collected the parts were absolutely knackered. The next day it was nearly forty degrees but the 'pickers' weren't nearly so bad off as they were on the cooler day before as the humidity had gone right down.

Bring on winter.