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[girlofprey]

I went to kickboxing! It was pretty good. It was tough, but when I said I didn't have a great fitness level they let me only do as many of each warm-up exercise as I could manage. There was a student there who was training to be an instructor, and she stood next to me and showed me all the moves. There are four basic ones you need to do well to get your first grade, and I picked them up so quickly they showed me some extra ones. They said I might be a natural. And it was fun. Once I got the rhythm down and didn't push myself too hard it all came pretty naturally. My main problem was remembering the proper stance and keeping my balance with each move, but that'll probably come with time. And I figured I'd be crawling off the mat by the end of it, but I was pretty fine really. I got that whole thing where you sweat, but it feels really clean. I'm going to be feeling it tomorrow though, apparently.

The only thing that's really less than optimal is the price. I knew it was going to be expensive, but it's going to cost £100 just to register, unless they have an offer on. That does cover a lot (gear, insurance, etc), but it's still a pretty big lump sum, and then it'll be £25 a month after that for one lesson a week. I've also been talking about buying my nephew's PS Vita - the handheld games console Playstation makes. He got it for Christmas and he says he doesn't like playing on it so he never uses it, and there's some games coming out on it that I already quite fancied, so I said I might buy it off him. But I figured they were about £100 new so I'd give him about £50 - it's pretty much perfect condition, but they're not even sure they can find its charger never mind any of its paperwork. It's turns out it's actually a new model so they're £150 new, which means offering £50 feels like screwing my nephew out of a Christmas present that didn't work out for him. I mean, I have the money for both those things and there's nothing else I'd rather spend it on really, but it still feels a little reckless to be spending so much at once.

I probably will though. I enjoyed the kickboxing, and I'd like a PS Vita, and that's the cheapest one I'm probably going to get. I shall just have to be a little rough on my bank account.

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[jekesta]

That's brilliant that you liked it, and are apparently naturally violent. It's a shame about the money, but £25 a month isn't actually that much per lesson at least. Supposing you can go every week, I suppose.

[girlofprey.livejournal.com]

I quite like being naturally violent. That will probably come as no surprise. The price is really good, it was more the initial £100 that threw me. The monthly fee works out to something like £5 a lesson, which for expert tuition in a nice studio is pretty good. And if I miss a week, I can bank it and have it later, as long as I don't build up loads and not use them. It's a pretty nice set-up, really.