Headed to Rugby!

So, my final semester of college starts Monday.  Yipee!? I hope that my display of mixed emotions on the subject is evident. 

Today, however, I am leaving for Rugby, Tenessee with several of my friends, and I have absolutely no mixed feelings about that! My friend Alan has a cabin in Rugby, so I'm looking forward to a whole weekend of reading, hiking, camping, boardgames, etc.!  (If this doesn't sound fun to you, then you just aren't my type of person.  Why are you reading my blog?) 

Anyway, I woke up super early this morning to meet with my Uncle and his friend, Shane for breakfast.  (Note to self:  lawmen are always early for meetings--I need to start taking that into consideration.)  Shane runs the Birmingham Bujinkan Dojo, and I can't wait to start training.  It's been a little over a year since I've done any serious martial arts training (Oyama Karate is amazing, but I didn't have time for it) and, since meeting with Shane, I believe the art of Budo Taijutsu will be a perfect match for me.  It's a warrior style of martial arts, and most of it seems to be self-defense tactics instead of pretty kicking.  So, I'll probably get my butt kicked a lot.  If I never lose a fight, though, I'll never really know how good it feels to win one. 

What I'm really excited about is learning pressure points and blades--I love blades!  I know that the tumbling will come in handy, but I have a feeling I'll be bad at that.  I'm about as gracefull as a stuffed moose, which isn't very graceful (just ask Sarah Palin).  Sure, I was a majorette and I can swing dance, but when I fall, I fall hard.  I'll have to practice the tumbling a lot.

Okay, so now that you have an update on my life (all two of you who may or may not be reading this) I'm going to meet up with my buddies and go to Tennessee!