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	<title><![CDATA[My Inner earth-bender]]></title>
	<body><![CDATA[I've noticed an interesting effect of spending 45 min practicing suburi and kengi /bo gi.  I feel as if my center has a direct connection to the earth, like I have a gyroscope embedded in me.  It fades after an hour or two, but for a while I feel as if no-one could catch me off-center, even while I'm making toast in the kitchen.  

Also, I've been doing some reading.  I know enough not to study "how-to" manuels -- like i need to teach myself more bad habits.  I'll learn techniques from sensei at the dojo.  But I do hang out at the used bookstore, and check all my favorite spots regularly -- cooking, SF, martial arts, camping...  Found a copy of [I]Aikido for Life[/I], by Gaku Homma and have been thourougly enjoying it.  Lots to think about.]]></body>
	<date>05-07-2008</date>
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