Wall ball

Jonathan is back. I haven’t seen him since before the summer and it was awesome to just hang out with him again. I didn’t really ask about what he did while he was gone or why he’s back, but that’s fine. If he wanted me to know he would tell me. Here’s a short story of our history: Jonathan and I did Shaolin together a couple years ago and he also taught Judo at the gym. A while later the Judo club was disbanded, but reorganized in Jonathan’s apartment. He changed the name to Wudo (wu= nothing, do= the way) we grappled and trained with him for a long time and it was excellent. Just before he left he started this new training game called wall ball. the room we did Wudo in was small, and he would basically get a bunch of racquetball balls and start bouncing them of the walls. The game was like a mix of racquetball and dodge ball where the object was to hit the ball in as few bounces as possible, as well as dodge it when it game flying off the wall. It’s extremely fast-paced and tons of fun, especially since the paint that Jonathan put on the floor starts to liquefy when it gets wet, making it slick as ice.

On Friday night Jonathan had a wall ball party, which was basically a game of wall ball for some people and a party for everyone else. I took my camera, but I didn’t really shoot much since I was more interested in playing. I wasn’t feeling good that night though, so I would sit out occasionally and that’s when I would shoot.

This is THE room with Matt on the left, Jack in the middle and Jonathan on the right. Jonathan has some thing with ladybugs, but it’s never been explained to me.

I think Matt was there for the party and not the game, but that’s fine. You can see the holes Jonathan puts in the walls with things like the chain hanging to the left. Training is intense.

That’s Jonathan. The thing on the wall is the Chinese character “do,” which means “the way.” I’d also like to point out how reflective the ceiling is. I’m pretty sure Jonathan doesn’t have heat in his apartment, so when we get in that room and start generating tons of body heat the walls and ceilings start to gather condensation and eventually start to drip profusely.

Dave.