Since I started practicing ninjutsu, I have filled my closet with athletic clothes. I have about 3 new training courses – all useless, poorly adapted, made of synthetic materials that do not allow the body to breathe or move. I started to believe that no one makes sports clothes anymore. Most recent, All you can do on the train is put in the slats and take out the garbage. Not the other, but it’s a shame not to see the neighbors Nike, Puma or Adidas.
Then I got a pair from Decathlon martial arts pants. Another life! I paired them with a loose shirt that I don’t sweat in and even if I do it dries quickly and things were fine for a while. But the shirts are not for a contact sport, they are sensitive if you pull them… finally.
About two weeks ago, I came to the conclusion that I should go to the next level. Given the practical one ninjutsulogic told me that I must have a ninja suit (please, I don’t know if my logic has been told or the fixed idea from childhood has been reactivated – it’s true, a voice screaming: ninja costume!!). After talking to Sensei about my intention, I finally realized gloriously (initially he kept me with a comma, but lucky that the man has patience and time to explain) that it would be better to buy a kimono, preferably black.
The epic of buying a black kimono
I confess that I was also happy with the idea of having a black kimono, so I hadn’t thought about it for a long time and started looking. On specialized sites, we found that 70% of kimonos were white, about 10% were tan/pestrite (with stripes or white trousers and a black shirt), others sewn the manufacturer’s logo (as large as a day), 10% were blue, green, red and 10%.
Happy to find what I was looking for, I placed an order. At no time after placing the order, the seller contacted me and told me that they no longer have Black Kimono. But I don’t get beat with one with two. I went to the next site and then the next and the next… unfortunately, for me, wherever I placed an order, the response came ruthlessly: We no longer have in stock, sorry! Ugh…. Ok, take them all!
I was about to resign… when mercury is retrograde you have little to do. I was put off for a few days. Not that I shouldn’t have dressed up in training, but why not have a black kimono?! It’s not like I asked the moon from the sky! Anything! You know that: «When God closes a door, you open a window“Well, yesterday, Tuesday, the window was opened. A gentleman called me from one of the sites where I had placed orders and asked me if I needed Kimonos because that’s what they had received. Oh, good morning!!
Today I received the kimono!!! I tried it and I’m very happy. I remembered the feeling I had in my childhood when I went to train and put it on. Somehow, the kimono you…»ligament«: To be more attentive, get closer to your surroundings, be respectful, be calm, not complain, give your best during training, etc. It gives you the feeling of belonging to a group… select. In short, it transforms you.
We ran some exercises across the room and ask: As if I no longer have muscle fever, I no longer miss my legs, I don’t cover myself (with … anything), I can’t complain about anything, as if I sit more correctly, as if I hit the foot, as if the post is better… Where were you in all my Ninja Mic life?! Why didn’t I buy it before??? Of course, it can be the second option: the kimono is loose and the mistakes are no longer seen. But I prefer the first.
Yes…. If the first option is correct, I can’t help but think what if I had, at some point, a ninja suit?! Maybe I’ll be able to do the steering wheel again, or the flik-flak, or I could sit on my hands, or roll, or if someone puts plywood floating in the pool, I could cross the pool by running over them. Poaaaateeee, in a ninja costume I could whistle past a mouse, and I could even say hello if I was in tunes.
Hmmmm…or maybe I couldn’t do any of this…but can you know until you try?
Ok, now that I have Kimono, I’ll be back with workout stories. Especially from the ones with the sword, which are super interesting!
PS The only crazy/funny thing about my new kimono is the fact that it has the label on the face, not the other way around. Good luck, it’s not seen because the blouse covers it. I checked and I don’t write «Made in Caracal»…
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