Janet Rosen

Welcome to aikido and Aikiweb! What Michael says is true... I remember the first couple of yrs training I'd say "I feel like a happy idiot in the dojo...I love it so I'm happy...but I feel like an idiot!"

Reading is good - for some of us it helps allay anxiety to get a sense of The Bigger Picture that way - but really, don't feel like you need to learn each thing about each attack or technique the firstnor fifth or tenth time it is presented; heck you don't even have to remember it's name right away...just show up ready to do whatever your best is for each class, smile and be polite and have fun