WASPS!!!!

I went outside in the backyard to do some Bo staff practice.

Now, we've had a really dry summer around here, and even the grass has become straw beige instead of green from the lack of rain.

I was happilly training away with my staff. I felt a light thump on my right ankle, and I looked down to see what I had accidently tapped. To my horror there were a whole bunch of wasps by my feet. You see, I had been sweating from my training, and leaving a trail of moisture on the grass. The wasps scented the water, and had come to get some for their hive. There must have been a good dozen wasps flying and crawling near my moving bare feet.

I FROZE in position. Flashes of how I had trained in Basics for 45 minutes, and had just finished doing the Bo kata without looking down for the past 15 minutes passed through my head, and I realized just how wonderful it is that I have trained to keep my feet on the ground, and slide them sideways rather than pick them up, and thump them down. Oh gosh! I would have had plenty of wasp stings on the bottom of my feet had I stepped directly on top of them.

I decided to bow out, and allow the wasps to take over my backyard dojo. I backed away carefully, and in awe at how such small creatures can instill such fear in me.