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Old 08-14-2008, 02:30 PM   #21
Marc Abrams
Dojo: Aikido Arts of Shin Budo Kai/ Bedford Hills, New York
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Re: First Aikido Memory

I came from "hard" arts and fighting sports. I started training in Aikido with Imaizumi Sensei and thought to myself that nobody was really trying to hit the teacher. After several months, Sensei called me up as an uke for a shomen-uchi attack. I decided to really try and crush his head with a fully committed, balanced attack. The sensation that I had was as if I had jumped off of a three story building onto a trampoline. I flew back for 3-5 feet in the air and hit a padded wall. when the cobwebs cleared from my eyes, I looked up at Sensei who was smiling at me, arms in the Ikkyo-connection position and he said "just go like this" (he moved softly). I am still in Aikido today, still training directly with Imaizumi Sense still trying to "go like this."

Marc Abrams
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