[Karensmith]

The next person who tells me it's freezing cold where they are and how they'd much prefer to be in this record breaking heat wave I'm having to endure can go here: http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=62859 and see just how wonderful this heat wave is.

I hate this weather. Damn, can't someone Fedex me some snow or something?

I haven't touched my shinai in half a week for fear it will spontaneously combust.

[ENGINESSQ]

Temperature... When it's cold; you say you want it to be hot, when it's hot; you say you want it to be cold. What's the coldest temperature you have been in Newbie? (no disrespect)

[Quigoxito]

Umm.. not sure. Have been to the snow. That was kinda sweet but I've realised over the years that the rain is easily my favourite weather. It's only in the longest, dreariest stretch of winter that I wish for some heat again, otherwise I always way prefer the cold (but maybe not so cold it can't rain, dunno). It did used to be periodically below zero in winter when we went to use the outdoor toilet first thing in the morning. Ah, now that was character building! Anyway, spring and summer brings floods and bushfires to where I grew up but winter doesn't.

My shopping melted on the three minute walk back from the shops

[elossenen]

My favorite temperature is around 60 degrees. That's about the highest it gets around me on average. Today had a high of 30, and people rolled down their windows, including me. I'm sure I would hate living in hot weather, I wouldn't like it if it was over 80 for more than a week straight.

[NumDusthouh]

I take it that's fahrehiet? So 80F = about 26C. Well, this heat wave, as I said, has broken a 63 year old record of the longest stretch over 40C which is 104F. It was still about 35C (95F) at midnight last night. Thankfully it drops to 29C tomorrow (84.2F). Small favours and all that.

[KixdricyArrip]

That is very hot. It's around 20 f by me right now. I can't imagine what 20 minutes of jikeiko in your weather would be like. I guess you'd lose a lot of weight. There's snow on the ground by me right now, got about 6 inches of it last night...

[Jon Woodgate]

We have been having a bit of a heatwave here also.

It has hardly been below zero so far this winter. Had just a touch of snow for xmas and that is it. I actually raked up some leaves the other afternoon in just a light sweatshirt.

I like the rain also, you don't have to shovel it...

Cheers

[urbalatte]

I can't imagine what 20 minutes of jikeiko in your weather would be like. Kendo Camp was this weekend. I feel so sorry for those poor bastards. Like I said, I haven't even touched my shinai. Reckon my tabi'd fuse to my foot if I so much as thought of footwork.

I guess you'd lose a lot of weight Well, yeah true but sweating out so much that you're on the point of exhaustive collapse isn't quite the healthiest way to drop a few kilos

I like the rain also It did actually rain briefly on Friday but it was so hot that half an hour later the streets were bone dry again.

Shame this house doesn't have emergency sprinklers, else I'd smoke right up by the sensor, lie back and pretend it was heaven.

[Aswdwdfg]

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

[cinggooft]

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

I was waiting for somebody to say that.

[patrycjakolekk]

over the years that the rain is easily my favourite weather. (

I bet, in the context of living in a hot country! I grew up in Italy and then had to move to UK. At first I thought that the greyness and constant drizzle was "romantic", "just like an Alfred Hitchcock film". That lasted about 2 weeks (I swear the weather was a lot worse then...). Then I started to hate it and 1st thing in the morning used to hunt for the nonexistent sun. Now...well, on a warm day in July I caught myself feeling pleasantly surprised that it was warm! I was so delighted, it meant that I had FINALLY after over 10 years given up the idea that it "should" be warm in July!

[bloriMal]

Crisis over! The cool change has finally come in! But going to be back to 39C by Thursday *grumblemumblebitch*

Then I started to hate it and 1st thing in the morning used to hunt for the nonexistent sun. Heh, grass is always greener...

[sniskelsowwef]

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

[pheelixoss]

Newbie.. thats pretty hot (in the 104-110 degree Fahrenheit range) but you're not the only one that has to deal with it I used to live in the lower desert of Calif (USA) where the temp during the day is 110-120 and we used to play tennis outside during that. Now I live in North Carolina and our dojo does not have air conditioning and during the summer months the air temp outside is 90-95 but inside is in the 100's on occasion also... the difference being that the humidity is also like 40-45 % (sometimes much higher) so your body can't cool itself. Those are really unbearable conditions similar to what you are experiencing right now. Just make sure you have plenty of fluids and it you have a fan set it up so it circulates the air. That will help your body cool itself.

[Coollabioto]

Summertime in Southwestern Ohio gets that way, too. Temps in the high 30's (C), humidity in the 80% range. Our dojo has air-conditioning, but sensei doesn't want it turned on. He wants us to "tough it out". I've been so hot during warmups and footwork drills that I'd bring an extra tenegui with me that I'd soaked in cool water before coming out onto the floor. Whenever I'd get a break, such as waiting on the first rank to go, I'd do a quick wipe with the tenegui, then tuck it back into my keikogi before I had to go myself.

We did AUSKF Summer Camp in late July in a high school gym, which unfortunately had the air conditioners on a timer system. They shut down right at the hottest time of the day, and with over 150 people in the gym at once, it didn't take long to get very hot and humid. It was nice of the maintenance people to come out and change the timers for us so the next 2 days were much more comfortable.

I used to live in San Diego, and if the temperature got above 23 degrees C, it was too hot. Right after coming from Guam where if it got below 23 degrees C, it was too cold.

[VotsUtegems]

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

Let us all pray (if you're religious) and hope that such an anamoly(sp?) wil not be cast on the earth. I think that we can do fine with just the one. But don't let me interrupt you and let's get it on with the serious matters at hand.

[MYMcvBgl]

joekc6nlx, those high humidity days are killer aren't they? I'd rather be in 115 (F) heat with 15-20% humidity (like it the Imperial Valley Calif. desert) than be in 90 (F) heat with 80% humidity (like Research Triangle park NC).

[BuyCheapest]

Even Iai is a struggle on 35C+ days. I swear it gets hotter on the days I practise!

[Shootohoist]

I was thinking somewhat on the lines of the "Girls Gone Wild" tapes for some reason...

As far as temperature goes, in Indiana, the weather seems a bit unpredictable as of late. During the summer, it's common for the temps to reach in the 80s and 90s (F). In the winter, it gets down to the 30s or even lower some days, though this winter seems a little warmer than usual.

The temperature doesn't really affect much in training since we are in air conditioned buildings most of the time. Though the most hectic training we had was when we had to go to the co-rec's raquetball courts where there was no air at all. I wasn't wearing armor at the time, but I could imagine it getting pretty hot since I was hot as well.

[feAilei1]

I was in Japan during the record breaking heat of summer 2004, I don't think the temperature dropped below 30 even once during daytime. Combine that with training at a japanese highschool and you got one very dehydrated Swede. Incidently it was during this period that I developed my love for Calpis (japanese yummy-yummy drink)

As for my personal cold record that would be during my military service when we were out in the woods in the northern part of Sweden for a week in -45 degrees....we slept in tents. =p

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? Or in the words spoken in San Fransisco by the great Eddie Izzard: "....do you even know there is other countries?"

fahrenheit-celsius converter