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Well today it rained so I got soaked on the bike going to class and was still ok with it though.
I was greeted at the door by Brent Sensei who asked me about the Komoto drummers yet I had already got my girlfriend to leave a message on his answering machine. But I don't think he has listened to the message yet.
I greeted the Jiu Jutsu class with a usual smile and then noticed that he had Mrs. Brent Sensei there this time. I was really taken back by this as I know how hard this must be to train your own woman in a class, this takes strength and courage and nerves of steel!!
I got myself changed and waited to see who would turn up and Rene arrived and was also shocked to see Mrs. Brent Sensei there. We both agreed that Brent is super master as this is super hard to train your woman. We chatted and got changed and went into the dojo.
Paddy turned up and also got ready and was then followed by Curly who was last in as Rene and I joined in the Jiu Jutsu training. This was the (irikie no sei ichi) witch we all know and then the 90 -- 180 turning kata witch we all know but the Jiu Jutsu class don't so we shone like stars at this.
Then the class stopped and Aikido began. The warm up was taken by Curly who was really not good at this as he is very stiff and needs to calm down and relax a little. Paddy was his mirror and was supposed to help him, yet the strangest thing happened through this I saw Paddy looking over to me checking weather he had it right or not. This was a super boost to my ego yet a little hard as I needed to stop my ego from popping out and exploding all over the place, yet I managed.
Brent got me up and We did the five techniques that we had only touched on Thursday and this was good yet quite easy!
We then did this over and over until we had to stop as the class was about to finish but before we did he said we would do a little (Yonkajo) the most painful technique I have ever experienced.
Brent Sensei had me up again ( Witch was surprising as Paddy should have been the one as he is my Sempai) and did the technique and said that there is usually only 60% of the people who this works on and then as he did the technique he threw me on tot the floor and I farted. I was super embarrassed yet Brent Sensei was ok with it saying that this happens some times, witch made me feel ok about it I guess. So then we did it on each other.
We finished up and this was a super hard class but very good and I guess the fart thing was also my fault as I felt ego in the class.
03-23-2005 12:41 AM 