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	<title><![CDATA[Time to Smarten Up]]></title>
	<body><![CDATA[Take a look at the vast majority of Aikido clips on YouTube and is it really any wonder to serious Aikidoka out there that our art is the butt of martial arts jokes?

I mean, people. Seriously. Enough with being hobbyists. Train hard. Then put your best stuff out there or nothing at all.

I just get a little tired of hearing people call the discipline that I've devoted almost a decade of my life to – the same discipline that, God-willing, I'll still be practising when I'm 60 – no more than a pretty little dance. Yeah, well, this “pretty, little dance” can break your big, ugly neck.  

Not very “aiki” of me, I know. But hey, I'm no yogic-flying, Zen-meditating guru eating locusts and honey at the pinnacle of enlightenment. I'm just a sweaty little girl wanting to achieve excellence as a martial artist. Excuse me for not being gracious – I'm a work in progress.

Sorry, I just had to get that out. More on this later. 

/rant (for now)]]></body>
	<date>09-09-2011</date>
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