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Seeking Zanshin: Blood, Sweat, Tears & Aikikai Blog Tools Rating: Rate This Blog
Creation Date: 02-24-2005 10:53 PM
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One small gal + a dojo full of big guys = tons o' fun
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Entries: 270 (Private: 12)
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Views: 827,132

Entries for the Month of July 2006

In General A New Aikidoka? Entry Tools Rate This Entry
  #210 New 07-11-2006 04:01 PM
How could I forget --- *clears throat* IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!
On Canada Day at approximately 10:30PM, Andrew's wife gave birth to a baby girl named Ruby Addison (sp?)! So he'll be on hiatus for about a month but maybe one day, years down the line, we'll have another female practitioner in the dojo. Of course, that's if her dad sells it to her right. ;-)
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One of your Favorites! In General 07/08/06 - Nikyu: A Retrospective Entry Tools Rate This Entry
  #209 New 07-10-2006 09:25 AM
Well, it's over. I'm so proud of the new 5th kyus --- they really pulled it together in the end and did great! Garry tested for Sankyu on Thursday so that he could attend a reunion in Souris over the weekend and did well --- that was a long time coming (he originally should have tested for 3rd kyu back when I did). So that made me Ken's uke for his Sankyu test, which felt great --- he did very well and put a nice lot of "pepper" into his techniques; I'm glad he didn't seem to hold back on me too much despite my re-injuring my wrist on Friday (I made a point of stretching it a lot during the other tests to warm it up, so it was just fine).

Taking ukemi for Ken's test was just the challenge I needed to up the ante on my own test right afterwards. There's a very gratifying feeling about being able to focus and perform well when you're nearly exhausted. :-D Suffice it to say, I "nailed" it --- or so I've been told. Just being able to do the whole test from start to finish felt great. I love the freeing feeling you get from being able to do technique just as you want to with the whole mat space to yourself. I really have fun doing it...though if you were to ask people, they might wonder (as I've been told that I have a pretty scary, serious "game face")! :-P

It's finally (just now) sinking in that I'm actually Nikyu. Time seems to have flown by so quickly. To think, just another year or so to Ikkyu and as Sensei would say, "a hop, skip and a jump to Shodan." ...More Read More
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In General Nikyu, here I come. Entry Tools Rate This Entry
  #208 New 07-05-2006 02:29 PM
Well, it's going to be a hectic month. When I think about it, it's amazing that I'm still finding the time to get out to class five times a week. Aside from the usual work (crazy time of year for Admissions) and working out (I've been making noticeable gains in the strength area --- yay me), I just moved to a new apartment (which we're also repainting), my volunteer work is getting more and more involved (Ai-Kon is in just a few weeks) and I'm getting married the week after. I guess it just goes to show how much training has become a solid part of my life...I don't even think about the rest of it, really. Mat time is just mat time. The rest of my life just doesn't exist in those moments. Funny how that happens after a while.

Did I mention that I'm testing for Nikyu on Saturday? *sarcastic laugh* Time flies. I really thought it would be further down the road. Go figure. Well, I'm as ready as I'll ever be. I'm not even as nervous about it as I used to be. No last-minute cramming this time at all...it must be all the practice, or fatigue, or both. I don't know whether to describe how I feel as apathy (regarding significance, or lack thereof, of rank) or some bizarre form of confidence I'd never imagined before. All I know is that I'm sick of test techniques day in, day out. I want to get back to the practical stuff. The Tanto waza, the close-quarters stuff. The stuff that counts. The stuff that can't be measured by rank. The real stuff. I miss it so badl ...More Read More
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