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Old 05-11-2005, 10:31 AM   #1
ALine Filipe
Dojo: Academia Portuguesa de Aikido
Location: Lisbon
Join Date: May 2005
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Hi there budokas!!!

hi there!!!
I'd like to say that all my life i knew aikido and i always lived 4 that.
Actually my path to aikido was a bit different from that.

I was 14 at that time and i was at that time when u feel like u want to do something you really like (even because at that time i could say what would i do in the future)...

I started with hip hop, then swimming (which i still love) but nothing was enough. Somehow i tried to enter judo but i got stopped by my mom who said that before i do something i should see aikido.

And that's how i got into the best thing i ever experience in my life. Everything seemed with a touch of magic. I always had a crush with everything from Japan (since the language itself to the culture) but aikido was the harmony and the change i was looking for.

I never experience anything like when we are on the mat. The feeling of belonging and of needing one another to develop is somehow incomparable.

My first ukemi was a mess. but i took it as a challenge and now i can say that the mat became my own home, (as a matter of fact my best friends are those from my dojo).

The time went by (not that much) and i became completely addicted to aikido.

I love all the etiquette within and (sorry if you can't agree with me, the meaning wasn't to be rude or anything like that) in my opinion that's what salient the own meaning of the word itself (AIKIDO).
The full respect of one another and the understanding of our own limitations is the key for the true development. (JUST my opinion)

I'm still studying (Physiotherapy) which i began to love but i know what are my real dreams: I hope i can reach Japan and learn from good sensei, as well as speak Japanese. I hope i can come true all wishes of the cousin (that are the same as mine )

I hope, i hope, i hope... So many dreams so little time,,, But I'm still young and i have the strength to stand for it... (at least that's how i "hope")...

kisses 4 all
PS. And Practice, Practice, Practice
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Old 05-11-2005, 12:00 PM   #2
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Re: Hi there budokas!!!

Hi Aline,

Welcome, and thank you for your introduction.

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