Update from New York

Aiden here tossing in my update on the trip so far :)

Montreal was great, I had my first boxing session and did much better than I thought I would, and several semi-comp sessions that were challenging and enabled me to really work my flexibility and work with my strengths.. and I know that I've improved exponentially since the last time I was "on tour" back in 2007.

Once we hit Boston, there was the real challenge, to see how I could budget my time to be able to stretch, work out and eat as much as I need to (which is a lot!) between matches, since they were mostly semi-competitive. ..and I made it somehow! I tend to give 110 percent during matches as far as energy is concerned, which is why I tend to limit myself when it comes to how many I will take at which intensity. Mutiny and I have teamed up for some amazing 2 on 1 sessions which, as I'm sure you all know were set at an amazing rate as an intro to the both of us... and we've really enjoyed! Maybe our duo matches have been giving us the outlet needed so we don't end up fighting each other haha.

New York.. we rolled in (no we didn't slide in haha) with no delays whatsoever.. and aside from a bit of slush on the roads and bit of heavy snow in my face when I went for a walk to enjoy the snowy city mid-evening, everything was fine. The roads are completely dry and clear now, and due to what must have been an immense overnight effort, New York is up and running in full again! We are still going to stick around until the 14th, this weekend was going to be a vacation time for me at least but, I will be free for sessions in the morning and early afternoon of the 13th and 14th- duos or solo since I've already reschedule some folks for that weekend due to the snow day that NY had yesterday. So if you've been able to shovel yourself out, you know that our sessions are a steal already, take another "snow day" off and come see us for the match of your life! Convince us that NYC is worth coming back to .. for sessions..

Surprisingly no one has requested a session to watch Mutiny and I challenge each other, which we haven't done in a while- though I'm sure we all know who would win :) -and I'm almost hoping it happens in our last city so we can get out all our frustrations and I can fly home and leave her there to drive home by herself heheh.

Other than that I am looking forward to Washington and Philly next week, there are a few matches that I am particularly looking forward to, and Mutiny and I have a few challenges for each other while there that we are looking forward to proving ourselves over..

When I get back to Toronto I will be starting to learn JiuJitsu finally, as I've had more than a few people asking me if I already know any during sessions due to some of the moves and holds I've used... I figure it's time to add a few more skills to my roster.. I'm looking forward to that and all of my future travels and matches!

Mutiny has already nicknamed some of my holds, since I learned mostly through experience I don't know the names of everything. I'll be happy to use them on you during a session if you want to know what caught her attention..

Time to go out and enjoy the beautiful sunny day in New York!

-Aiden