I am hardcore

So we've finally begun practicing Aikido again. You can see a quick snapshot of the dojo to the right here. We're attending classes at the dojo where Aikido was founded, Aikido no Hombun in Shinjuku. Since Madoka works in a Japanese office where long overtime is tacitly required the evening class is not a viable option for us. Enter the viable option.

In order to attend class we have to go to the morning class. The morning class runs from 7am-8am. The trip from where we live (Musashi Sakai) to the dojo (Shinjuku) takes a bit less than an hour and a half between walking to and from stations and the train rides themselves. This means that the two of us are now getting up at 5am every weekday to attend class. It is completely worth it though. Both of us are already feeling much better to finally be practicing again.