In France it's "la rentrée" where the children go back to school and sporting clubs resume normal activity. Although we had a few classes over the summer that were really aimed at 2nd and 3rd Dan Kata, I was looking forward to normal classes twice a week with a view to making good progress towards my blue belt.
Unfortunately I hurt my back at work lifting a generator into the back of the van and the disks pressing on my sciatic nerve caused a lot of pain and discomfort meaning I missed the first two weeks back.
Having gone back to karate this week, I found that although it was hard work and tiring due to my absence, the training is helping a lot with my back pain and is helping to loosen up the stiff muscles in my lumbar region.

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