i trained last week. not a lot since i had to work some pretty long hours. but enough. i ended the week with two sparring sessions on friday and then a long sparring session on saturday. could have put a little more into saturday.

today was good. hit the morning class and sparred with dave meyers the black belt for two rounds and the rest of the guys for four rounds. all told it was about 42 minutes of sparring. my energy levels were better than friday, but not totally where i want them. i'll hit the american nationals hard but i'm looking at it as a warm up for the us open this year. as soon as the american nationals are done i will turn around and begin the prep for the us open. it will be my 7th in 7 years.