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Sunday was the hottest day here, so far. Sundays are also our day off. At this stage we\u2019d only had 2 days training but we were beginning to feel the effects of training hard in the heat and humidity.<\/div>\n
A few lengths of the pool and some light stretching preceded a stroll around the City in the midday sun, an hour into which we could vaguely remembering Alvin telling us not to go out between \u00a012:00 and 3:00! The local people are friendly, although they do think we\u2019re American and shout \u201cHey, Joe!\u201d at us as we pass by. The children, being unfamiliar with Gi Joe, just shout \u201cHey, man!\u201d and run over for a high-five!<\/div>\n
5am Monday saw us out running through the City to get to the car park at the Victoria Plaza Shopping Mall for our drills and sparring. The Plaza is a popular place for Filipinos to exercise and there are lots of people exercising by the time the sun comes up. During our training I look over at one of the groups leisurely practicing tai-chi and wonder if I\u2019ve picked the wrong martial art!<\/div>\n
On Monday night we got our first Arnis\/Eskrima lesson before our normal training with Steve. The lesson was fascinating and it\u2019s a very graceful martial art, though you wouldn\u2019t have been able to tell from watching us. This also meant that we were already warmed up for Steve\u2019s lesson, so he was able to start beasting us right away!<\/div>\n
We finished Monday\u2019s training session with boxing training. I can only assume that we all make amusing expressions after being punched in the face, because the more Steve hit us, the more he laughed! Normally we wouldn\u2019t write on the internet that we\u2019ve been punched about the head in training, but given that Steve Grandeza does 12 rounds with Manny Pacquiao\u2019s sparring partner on his lunch breaks, its not so bad.<\/div>\n
It was raining when we finished our training. I\u2019ve never been so glad to see rain. It only rains at night here, and the rain is warm, but it was still more refreshing that the stifling heat of wearing a headguard in a hot gym. It only rains at night here, which makes a perfect balance.<\/div>\n
On Tuesday morning Steve told us that we were going to stretch out our muscles to loosen up. It sounded that it was going to be pretty relaxing. It was as relaxing as doing the splits with someone sitting on your back can be!<\/div>\n
Tuesday evening included moulding training (conditioning the body to take blows), which wasn\u2019t fun, although by the end of the night Davy had perfected his 540 degree tornado kick..<\/div>\n
We\u2019re almost halfway through our training, but we also seem to be halfway through all the varieties of food that the Philippines has to offer. Roll on our next meal\u2026I mean\u2026 session!<\/div>\n
\"Soaked<\/a>

Soaked with sweat, and just putting the gloves on!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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