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Old 01-08-2011, 04:11 AM   #87
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Dojo: Ellis Schools of Traditional Aikido
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Re: Is cleaning the dojo part of training?

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Attilio Anthony John Wagstaffe wrote: View Post
I personally like to train in a clean dojo, so I clean it as do my fellow aikidoka do, and I'm the bleedin' sensei !!!!
Thanks for my first smile today

Why would anyone not want to take part in keeping their dojo clean ?? In the early days Derek Eastman who was then a young 16 yr old assistant would get in the dojo early to sweep the frost off the mat surface, he never moaned once, as it would have cost him 200 push-ups on the back of the wrists...so he did it willingly....
As sensei I did my bit too, I would inspect his work.

Henry Ellis
http://rik-ellis.blogspot.com/
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