a pretty quiet month for all of my martial arts; TKD and FMA had been reduced to teaching only due to the Master being away and the senior students (myself included) responsible for running the club.

apart from the lack of practice of technique,b i have in the very limited time available to me cut a lot of nice sticks for shillelagh: a nice bunch of Hawthorn, and a few different natives. the process of preparing for drying has taken a lot of time and i have broken a few in the straightening process, but it is an iteresting aside and relevant to GCS as i continue to expand my stick skills other than the esgrima.