Installing The Mat

July 27, 2005

After 5 years of picking up and putting down mats before/after EVERY class we finally installed our permanent mat.

First we installed a half inch of high-perfermance foam. The very same foam used in Dr. Schol's sneaker inserts no less. Then we taped it down, giving ourselves a few lanes to run some competitive sprints because at 95º it just wasn't warm enough up there.
Then came the mats. One at a time. 46 and a half total

Paul Krymse isn't a surgeon but he plays one at the dojo. In order to make the mat fit around a wall, we had to do a little liposuction. Followed by some origami.
But it's done. Even our Shomen is coming along.