Following Friday night’s training we were invited to another family function with Alvin and his family and friends. It was great to socialise and the hospitality was fantastic. I could certainly get used to this!
Well, Saturday morning’s training session has been the most draining so far. So much for the later start! We’ve all lost about 1kg in real terms, but we’re sweating out 2 – 3kg of water at each training session. Ian even lost a few grams of skin.
We donned boxing gloves for our punching work this time, not because we use boxing gloves in martial arts, but to make our hands heavier. An additional 12oz doesn’t seem like much, but give it an hour!
We also found out that if your body doesn’t go into the shape required to do a certain kick, Steve will soon make your body go into that shape.
We travelled into the hills surrounding Davao city to visit an Eagle sanctuary and a wildlife park. The journey itself was as fascinating as the parks. Finishing the day-out with some traditional Filipino ice-cream dishes was a pleasant treat.
I also seemed to have sussed out the driving criteria for the Philippines. It seems that everyone has right of way. Whether you get to exercise your right of way is directly proportionate to the size of your vehicle. If you need to cross the lane of on coming traffic you just turn in and assume everyone will stop, and at crossroads you just drive on into the middle and hope for the best, perhaps accompanied by a toot of the horn for good measure. The journeys in the car have become more entertaining than frightening, although some times is hard to tell whether our laughter is due amusement or fear!
We get Sunday off to recover. Brilliant!
Ian Handling a Snake
