AikiWeb: The Source for Aikido Information AikiWeb's principal purpose is to serve the Internet community as a repository and dissemination point for aikido information.
Hello and thank you for visiting AikiWeb, the
world's most active online Aikido community! This site is home to
over 22,000 aikido practitioners from around the world and covers a
wide range of aikido topics including techniques, philosophy, history,
humor, beginner issues, the marketplace, and more.
If you wish to join in the discussions or use the other advanced
features available, you will need to register first. Registration is
absolutely free and takes only a few minutes to complete so sign up today!
Wow, a whole 15 people for Friday class. Attendence I notice is creeping up slowly. It was 12 the last two weeks and now it's 15. Let's see what it's like for the next few weeks. I tend to really enjoy the contrast of friday's class with the other classes on Monday and Wednesday.
I notice there are more newbies coming for friday's class. There seem to be at least four now who show up each time. I was chatting to one of the newer white belt guys, a huge sturdy guy whom I first thought was american but later after talking to him realised he was probably Irish. Turns out he's done judo and karate before but got injured quite a lot. He told me that in judo he got his ankle broken four times. He says he's also got a nagging shoulder injury so he's having to be careful with that. I think it would be interesting to see how his aikido evolves as I don't know anyone else who's come from a judo type background. I notice the ones who have a kendo, karate or TKD background tend to have more linear, harder styles.
The other white belt guy who was really stiff appeared again much to my relief. I didn't partner him though as I figured he'd probably had enough of me laughing at him from last week. One of the very senior yudansha guys partnered him which I think was good for him as he's very patient.
03-18-2006 02:30 AM 