<![CDATA[A hard question: what do you want?]]>

<![CDATA[A hard question: what do you want?]]> 10-23-2009 <![CDATA[The missing key to aikido...]]> 07-23-2009 <![CDATA[A brush with mortality...]]> 07-17-2009 <![CDATA[The lure of violence?]]> 06-17-2009 <![CDATA[Internal strength training makes me sore...]]> 06-02-2009 <![CDATA[Leading with my center does not work...]]> 05-18-2009 <![CDATA[Iaido and aikido: received vs. earned wisdom]]> 04-28-2009 <![CDATA[What aikido means to me...]]> 04-24-2009 <![CDATA[On weight loss and aikido...]]> 04-15-2009 <![CDATA[Removing strength from my waza...]]> 03-26-2009 <![CDATA[More on sinking...]]> 03-16-2009 <![CDATA["God's G" and changing tempo...]]> 02-27-2009 <![CDATA[Recent work: aikido sankyo and iaido kata]]> 02-17-2009 <![CDATA[Illness and training...]]> 02-07-2009 <![CDATA[Internal training and learning how to move...]]> 01-22-2009 <![CDATA[Making adjustments . . .]]> 01-16-2009 <![CDATA[Training at a new dojo...]]> 01-14-2009 <![CDATA[AIkido "on the street"?]]> 01-11-2007 <![CDATA[Why I've been gone for a while...]]> 01-03-2006 <![CDATA[Still training...focusing on jiyuwaza]]> 09-14-2005 <![CDATA[Doing some judo...]]> 06-30-2005 <![CDATA[Randori with swords...]]> 06-07-2005 <![CDATA[Teaching reverses on Sat.; constructive critisism]]> 04-01-2005 <![CDATA[Five and a half years, and I'm still working on ro]]> 03-22-2005 <![CDATA[Seeing in practice what I learned at the seminar..]]> 03-04-2005 <![CDATA[Report on the seminar with Ellis Amdur]]> 03-01-2005 <![CDATA[Excited about the Amdur seminar at the end of Febr]]> 02-09-2005 <![CDATA[1st kyu test completed and passed!]]> 02-09-2005 <![CDATA[Randori, again, finally...and a seminar next month]]> 01-14-2005 <![CDATA[An organizational shakeup?]]> 01-05-2005 <![CDATA[Kote gaeshi, my problem technique...]]> 12-01-2004 <![CDATA[Rolls and an upset stomach...]]> 11-11-2004 <![CDATA[Okay, so it wasn't that hard...]]> 10-25-2004 <![CDATA[The hardest thing about aikido...]]> 10-22-2004 <![CDATA[Grad school is getting in the way of my training..]]> 10-15-2004 <![CDATA[A nice, relaxed class...]]> 09-30-2004 <![CDATA[An "aiki moment"...]]> 09-27-2004 <![CDATA[An anniversary...]]> 09-16-2004 <![CDATA[Staying motivated to train, even when very busy...]]> 09-14-2004 <![CDATA[Nervous anticipa.......tion]]> 08-25-2004 <![CDATA[2nd kyu test went well!]]> 07-30-2004 <![CDATA[Testing tonight, and the status of the dojo...]]> 07-29-2004 <![CDATA[Test next Thursday; and dojo unrest...]]> 07-23-2004 <![CDATA[More on different levels of ukemi...]]> 07-15-2004 <![CDATA[Some thoughts on hip throws...]]> 07-09-2004 <![CDATA[Getting better all the time...]]> 07-06-2004 <![CDATA[Sometimes, it is very hard to train...]]> 06-29-2004 <![CDATA[Really really busy, but testing soon...]]> 06-24-2004 <![CDATA[AAA East Cost Instructors Seminar a huge success!]]> 06-02-2004 <![CDATA[Broken toe...thankfully not mine.]]> 05-21-2004 <![CDATA[Teaching again last night...]]> 05-14-2004 <![CDATA[April has been a good month...]]> 04-28-2004 <![CDATA[My shoulder recovery and weapons work...]]> 04-12-2004 <![CDATA[Some really good classes...]]> 03-31-2004 <![CDATA[Seiza, shikko, suwari waza, and hamni handachi waz]]> 03-18-2004 <![CDATA[Training again...]]> 03-17-2004 <![CDATA[I *thought* I was going to train tonight...]]> 03-11-2004 <![CDATA[More on my physical therapy...]]> 03-02-2004 <![CDATA[Toenail troubles...]]> 02-13-2004 <![CDATA[No training for a (hopefully short) while.. .]]> 02-11-2004 <![CDATA[Working on the simple things. . . yeah, right!]]> 01-14-2004 <![CDATA[Eastern States Camp report published...]]> 01-12-2004 <![CDATA[Great news -- losing weight!!!]]> 01-08-2004 <![CDATA[A disturbing revelation...]]> 12-19-2003 <![CDATA[Dealing with pain...]]> 12-19-2003 <![CDATA[Getting back into it…and boy am I sore!]]> 12-17-2003 <![CDATA[Koryu teaching versus aikido teaching techniques.]]> 11-24-2003 <![CDATA[How Japanese do I want to be?]]> 11-04-2003 <![CDATA[More on randori...]]> 10-27-2003 <![CDATA[A few quick notes...]]> 10-13-2003 <![CDATA[That evolution of randori...]]> 10-13-2003 <![CDATA[Not participating fully...]]> 10-09-2003 <![CDATA[Finally, the seminar report...]]> 10-07-2003 <![CDATA[An outsider's view of aikido...]]> 10-03-2003 <![CDATA[A great class last night; going to a seminar...]]> 09-26-2003 <![CDATA[Is aikido really a defensive martial art?]]> 09-25-2003 <![CDATA[Splitting uke; not as gross as it sounds...]]> 09-24-2003 <![CDATA[Bonked on the head by a bokken...]]> 09-15-2003 <![CDATA[Back in the saddle again...]]> 09-12-2003 <![CDATA[The limits of aikido spirituality...]]> 08-28-2003 <![CDATA[Moving our dojo; leading class again...]]> 08-25-2003 <![CDATA[Inspiration from unexpected places...]]> 08-19-2003 <![CDATA[Is competition good or bad?]]> 08-08-2003 <![CDATA[I got clocked last night...]]> 08-01-2003 <![CDATA[Thoughts on cross-training...]]> 07-24-2003 <![CDATA[A one-sided look at aikido...]]> 07-18-2003 <![CDATA[Dealing with the heat...]]> 07-09-2003 <![CDATA[More responsibility and some good classes. . .]]> 07-03-2003 <![CDATA[Secondary attacks as uke...]]> 06-26-2003 <![CDATA[Summer is my least favorite season...]]> 06-25-2003 <![CDATA[First class as a 3rd Kyu...]]> 06-18-2003 <![CDATA[I passed!]]> 06-16-2003 <![CDATA[Pre-test jitters…]]> 06-13-2003 <![CDATA[Great warm-up...]]> 05-30-2003 <![CDATA[Being a Christian and studying aikido...]]> 05-30-2003 <![CDATA[Attacks in aikido...]]> 05-22-2003 <![CDATA[The value of working slowly...]]> 05-16-2003 <![CDATA[A great class...]]> 05-14-2003 <![CDATA[Frustration Thursday and a Demonstration Saturday.]]> 05-12-2003 <![CDATA[Uke and Nage...]]> 05-07-2003 <![CDATA[The way we train...]]> 05-05-2003 <![CDATA[Finding aikido's place in the world...]]> 04-24-2003 <![CDATA[Aikido and war...]]> 04-10-2003 <![CDATA[Snow in April...]]> 04-08-2003 <![CDATA[Gokyo is a beautiful thing...]]> 04-05-2003 <![CDATA[Aikido: a study in power...]]> 04-01-2003 <![CDATA[Preparing for a test...]]> 03-31-2003 <![CDATA[Drew the fanboy...]]> 03-28-2003 <![CDATA[Tonsilitis....]]> 03-27-2003