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	<title><![CDATA[Training snapshot: day 4]]></title>
	<body><![CDATA[So, today started out as walk the dog, but it was so nice out and I really did feel like stretching my legs a bit.  The dog walk turned into my workout.

1 mi "interval" training: mostly walk, some: jog, high step, run.
2 sets sit-ups: 15 crunch, 15 left, 15 right, 15 reverse
2 sets 15 45-degree-angle push ups
a bit of tsai subaki and hapkunundo
1 mi walk/jog

Class last night was good.  Looks like we have a new student.  Practicing yoga yesterday reminded me to be patient with myself, and as I was driving to the dojo, I started thinking and praying about that old catichism question: what is the chief end of man? response: to know God and enjoy Him forever.  

Reminded me that the "chief" end of Aikido (for me anyway) is not about rank or even achieving mastery.  After all, there's no guarentee that I'll ever "get anywhere"  - the old, "you could get hit by a bus tomorrow" thing.    The chief end for me is to enjoy the integration of mind and body.  

OK, that sounds really aikikai.  No offense, Aikikai is an honerable style, but it's not mine.   I am studying a "harder" form, and I love the physicality of it; the martial effectiveness brings it on like a force of nature.]]></body>
	<date>10-24-2008</date>
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