Excellent question, Guy.
I wish I had a good answer to go with it. Right now I'm still trying to figure with the new job and new schedules kids getting to school when to get my workouts in on a consistent basis.

When I do workout, I tend to vary things. In my last workout I did warm-ups and then 5 block/2punches, push-ups, a 40 rep triple kick set, and then went over all my waza and grabs (not much fun by yourself). I finished off with a run through sword and hammer and that was all I had time for.

I try to mix things up on working different things. Sometimes more on kata, other times more single basic technique, other times bag work or sparring combinations. My weapons kata have been getting really rusty, since any bo or spear kata have to be really modified or moved outside to practice.

Once I get the bag hook installed I am going to start looking seriously for some other training partner. If there is no obligation, it is all too easy to just let thing slip.

Dave

I have to say, as a small child, flying monkeys was one of my great concerns. The other one, of course, was whether being under my elementary school desk was actually going to protect me in the event of a nuclear attack.

Mark,
No flying monkeys, yet. The weather here is strangely variable. For example, today we had a high of nearly 70, tomorrow the high is supposed to be 35, and the wind does blow, but after growing up in Simi, its actually kind of comforting.

I am well on the way to getting my basement dojo set up. Last week I installed my heavy bag hook. Today I ordered two 4'X7' sheet mirrors to mount on the one wall. Once they are up, it will look like a nice little place for training. Now I just have to stay motivated enough to get up at 5:15am to actually do the training. It was nice early this week to be able to hang and whack on my bag.

What part of AZ?

Well, I can say that I am not the only Okinawa-Te practitioner in Kansas. I've got a little class in my basement dojo with five students, two of them my own boys. I'm really happy with the way my basement dojo has turned out and it feels as nice as some other "real" dojos I've trained in over the years.

It is tricky trying to run classes, mind the family, and keep down a good (though time consuming) job. I also have my church responsibilities together with doing some work in scouting. It pretty much means I don't have any spare time in my schedule and I hardly ever watch the cable with unlimited channels that comes with my job. The one cool thing is that I can get UFC pay-per-view for half off. My wife is a die-hard UFC fan and we DVR all the stuff so that I can watch it in my few spare moments.

I keep trying to see some of the local tournaments, but other than 45 minutes of one, I never manage to have the time in my schedule to attend, let alone participate. I did find a fairly open-minded guy with a school near my home who was game to let me come in and try a bit of sparring. Now I just have to find the time to do it!