Monday, February 16, 2009

Getting real

So, I now have an actual reason to update my blog. From March 7 to 17, I will be participating in a delegation to El Salvador to observe their upcoming presidential election. I will have more details on this later, but I will basically be using my blog to describe my experiences there and my reactions to the electoral process.

In other news, I participated in my second ever kendo tournament yesterday. I lost both my individual and team match, but I definitely feel more confident about my abilities. I got some pretty good strikes in my first match, though I watched both of my opponents later in the tournament and concluded that they were both far above my level (my opponent in the team competition won the sandan division). Unlike in my first tournament, I have a pretty good idea of where I need to improve (compared to just knowing I need to do better), so I look forward to competing again soon.

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