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OUCHHHHHHH you will never know the agony I am in .... ohhhh the pain ....
better start at the begining ....
okay ... Monday ... went to dojo in FANTASTIC mood ... all set to do the breakfalls and not wuss out of any of them ....
so theres me ...
Ikkyo, Nikkyo, Sankyo, Yonkyo, Gokyo, .... (Im on FIRE!!!!! ... for me at least) ....
on to the throws ...
Shihonage ..... (forwards and back ..)
Tenchinage ... (still doing well)
Iriminage ....(am still ok)
Kaitenage ....
ohhhhhhhh dear ...... over she goes and .... lands on her shoulder with a sickening crunch ....
sits up .... and THEN nearly cries .... (I am a complete baby when it comes to pain!)
Sensei takes me to hospital ... and I discover I have Muscular Strain .... in all my active muscles in my shoulder ...
So Im not doing Aikido for at LEAST two weeks .... whilst my body attempts to heal ... and Im wearing a sling ... YEAY!
you try getting the housework done one handed ... its noooo easy feat!
so Good news ... No permenant damage ... Bad news ... (im scared of breakfalling again now!" ....)
lol ....
I'll keep you posted on my progress .... as soon as I come down from my pain killer high!
lol
take ye care
Dory / em x
ok ... so I forgot to update you ... but hey needles to say I suffered! .... and again with the suffering today .... why is it you have a few days off and then when you return to it you feel like you've been put through and blender??? ... or is that just me? ...
.... well .... running through the pins again ... so not a vicious day today ....
AND ,,, have cracked the left breakfall too! .... (I know ... your impressed!) .... so thats all my amazing gossip ...
catch up with me again ... same dory time ... same dory website! ....
take ye care my luvvers!
em x
ohhhh dear people.... missed a training session today .... and have to make up for it in the morning... which would be fine ... if I wasnt working all night... yeay and lucky lucky me .... so watch this space for an appauling tired entry! ..
shall let you know in the morning!
ps ... Never give sensei your telephone number .. then you wont get these phone calls asking when you'll next be training!
Does anyone remember the Resusi-Annies??? well ... we have decided that I have become a Uke-Dory!!!
Yes .... I am Senseis play thing!!!! He keeps feeding me to the juniors! .....
there seems to be a skill to being a juniors Uke! .... forget anything youve ever learned and collapse at the sligtest flick of the wrist or they end up pummelling the life out of you!
Bless There Little Cotton Socks
went twice today .... Ive lost my evening virginity .... !!!
yes for an extra two hours today I was allowing a twelve yea old and a nine year old beat me!!! ... shiho nage with a twelve year old ... shudder!
but the plus side ... Ive accomplished the backwards breakfall!
HURRAH ... so a plus side today!!!
anyway ... gotta go the paramedics are waiting to put me in traction!
ttfn
DORY x