Fencing as Meditation

Greetings Dear Reader, long time no post! After a short break due to time constraints and temporary loss of muse I have returned. Sometimes it's easy to lose track of why we do the things we enjoy, for instance last night I arrived at the club in a slightly tense state. It had been a niggly day and the last couple of weeks have been a bit stressful and I really wasn't in a good frame of mind. I didn't fence one competitive match all evening however it turned into a good night because I ended up having a great lesson with Coach Andy to work on my epee skills. It was quite a tough lesson as I was lucky enough to catch Andy when he had some free time with no queue so it was nearly a full half hour. As the lesson progressed I found myself worrying less about all the other stuff and getting more into the correct mind set i.e. just doing my fencing. And it felt good! The chance to concentrate (or not, paradoxically) on one thing was very mentally refreshing if somewhat physically exhausting. But even that was a nice kind of tired. I guess it shows that sometimes you just have to get out there and do stuff and just occasionally the Universe provides. You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you get what you need.....