Its a new year - time to get cracking!

Things have been on hold on the dojo construction over New Year as we settled into our new home and enjoyed a steady stream of friends and family visitors. But that has also worked out well as I've made a friend who is in the building trade here and very keen to help out with getting the dojo up and running, and another friend who is a carpenter by trade although he works as an english teacher here. And I've had some fun tracking down bits and pieces of training kit including some alternative stuff such as tractor tyres, sledge hammers, ropes, sledges and sand bags as well as some good old fashioned weights and barbell.
My new builder friend is very kindly taking me to a steel frame fabrication company this week to get some quotes so if the price is right this might be the way we go. There are some advantages over a timber frame in terms of strength and quick assembly time (they prefabricate it offsite) but I still prefer a wood frame from an aesthetic perspective so the final decision is yet to come but I can't hang on much longer. At the very least I hope to get the hanging brackets made up for the heavy bags by these guys we will see on Thursday. Fingers crossed!