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Lloyd Heggestad · 05-23-2008, 11:37 PM

This was interesting reading. I'm sorry to see it end. One glimpses the personalities and characters of the posters in their words here.

Personally, I have difficulty understanding my 15-year-old son's speech. As Dalen intimated, it requires effort to connect mentally.

In the dojo I attend we use the Japanese phrase, but we are not tested on it. More out of respect for tradition, I think. Most of us say it by rote, rather than because we have any clue as to what we are saying. No doubt we butcher it beyond recognition. But we are connecting mentally despite our poor enunciation, so it's all good.

05-23-2008, 11:37 PM	#40
Lloyd Heggestad Dojo: Twin Cities Aikido Center, St. Paul, MN (www.tcaikido.com) Location: Minneapolis, MN Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 4 Offline	Re: Japanese Aikido Prayer at beginning of class This was interesting reading. I'm sorry to see it end. One glimpses the personalities and characters of the posters in their words here. Personally, I have difficulty understanding my 15-year-old son's speech. As Dalen intimated, it requires effort to connect mentally. In the dojo I attend we use the Japanese phrase, but we are not tested on it. More out of respect for tradition, I think. Most of us say it by rote, rather than because we have any clue as to what we are saying. No doubt we butcher it beyond recognition. But we are connecting mentally despite our poor enunciation, so it's all good.