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01-21-2005, 01:54 PM
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Colds and Aikido
Hi folks,
Just a reminder, now that we're in the midst of the cold season (at least up here in the northern hemisphere...).
If you feel like you are coming down with a cold or are already suffering from one, please stay off the mat!
Also, I'd recommend people wash their hands after training, whether they think they've trained with someone who has a cold. I remember one shihan at Aikikai hombu dojo tell me to be sure to gargle after each class, too.
This has been a public service announcement...
-- Jun
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01-21-2005, 02:06 PM
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Dojo: Aikido Yoshinkan Sacramento - Seikeikan Dojo
Location: Orangevale, CA
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Re: Colds and Aikido
Great advise Jun; and one that I preach at my dojo as well.
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01-21-2005, 02:09 PM
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Dojo: Inaka Dojo
Location: Land of Lincoln
Join Date: Jan 2003
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Re: Colds and Aikido
It's like I've told my schoolkids, "Sometimes it's NOT nice to share."
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A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.
- Aesop
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01-21-2005, 02:53 PM
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Dojo: Aikido of Reno
Location: Fernley, NV
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Re: Colds and Aikido
I know someone who is actually wearing a mask because he doesn't want to infect anyone.
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01-21-2005, 11:56 PM
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Location: Left Coast
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Re: Colds and Aikido
Quote:
Kevin Kelly wrote:
I know someone who is actually wearing a mask because he doesn't want to infect anyone.
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Probably inneffective; if he's that contagious he is carrying droplets on his hands, clothes, etc. so on, say, public transit, a mask might help, but in a m.a. with touching others, not so.
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Janet Rosen
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"peace will enter when hate is gone"--percy mayfield
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01-22-2005, 02:33 PM
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Dojo: Aikido of Reno
Location: Fernley, NV
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Re: Colds and Aikido
I don't know if he's that contagious. He said he was getting over a cold. I haven't seen him sneezing or coughing.
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01-22-2005, 05:20 PM
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Dojo: Jönköpings Aikidoklubb
Location: Jönköping
Join Date: Dec 2004
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Re: Colds and Aikido
Hehe, "cold" weather reached Sweden this week. Think we've had 5-6 days with a few inches of wet snow totally throughout the whole winter.
Good point though, nothing funny about contageous diseases like the common cold.
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01-23-2005, 10:13 AM
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Dojo: Shobu Aikido of Connecticut
Location: East Haven, CT
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Re: Colds and Aikido
Given that is the advice - which I agree with - it follows to also please not atend class if you just had a live vaccine shot and are still shedding it. The Flu mist specifically comes to mind for adults...
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02-12-2005, 08:25 AM
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Dojo: Great Falls Budokai
Location: Dumfries, Virginia
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Re: Colds and Aikido
Washing your hands before class will help as well.
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02-12-2005, 08:36 AM
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Dojo: Memorial University Aikido Club
Location: St John's, Newfoundland
Join Date: Nov 2004
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Re: Colds and Aikido
Yeah tell me about cold season. I spent all week looking out to my girlfriend who was really sick with the flu and then on Friday night we had a party after class and of course, I got sick and couldn't go. I mean, I could have went I suppose but it would have been selfish for me to go and risk giving the flu to everyone else in class.
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02-12-2005, 10:58 AM
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Dojo: Nes- Ziona, "the red house"
Location: Israel
Join Date: Dec 2001
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Re: Colds and Aikido
Actually, I'd advice to wash hands and face after every class, since you find your hands and your face on the mat many times during class, and that's where everyones feet are too... and (sadly) not everyone keeps them hygene...
Anat
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02-12-2005, 12:23 PM
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Location: Spring Tx
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Re: Colds and Aikido
I just ditched class today because of a cold (the crud). I caught from my wife who caught it from a typhoid Marie at work. Work has one of those attendance policies where if you are out you get a demerit so people come in and share all the time. I am contagious at the moment and cannot wait to get better and go back. I just had some time off because of a broken toe. If it isn't one thing it is another.
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