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07-11-2005, 11:08 AM
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Dojo: Aikido-Ai / Whittier, CA
Location: Brea, California
Join Date: Jul 2005
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This Old Square
Two years ago I started tai chi chuan lessons with McGouirk Sensei in Whittier, CA, thinking my 50-year-old body wasn't up for much else. However, when I saw aikido in action at the dojo, my eyes popped out and I gasped, "Ooooh, Must Do That!"
I've been progressing oh so slowly in aikido for a year now. There's some chance I'll be able to do a forward roll soon, although more like a square than a circle... thump ... thump ... thump ...
Thanks to Janet Rosen for pointing me to AikiWeb.
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07-11-2005, 12:07 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2000
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Re: This Old Square
Hi Linda,
Welcome to AikIWeb and thank you for your introduction.
-- Jun
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07-11-2005, 12:16 PM
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Location: Left Coast
Join Date: May 2002
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Re: This Old Square
Oh, welcome to aikiweb, budobabe!
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Janet Rosen
http://www.zanshinart.com
"peace will enter when hate is gone"--percy mayfield
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07-11-2005, 08:25 PM
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Location: Spring Tx
Join Date: May 2003
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Re: This Old Square
I have in-laws in Whittier. I did not realize there was Aikido that close by. Welcome to Aikiweb. Keep rolling the corners will wear off of the squares.
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Jerry Miller
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07-11-2005, 10:08 PM
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Dojo: Aikido of Midland, Midland TX
Location: Midland Tx
Join Date: Oct 2002
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Re: This Old Square
I have often claimed to become a brick over the weekend...sometimes I manage to knock a few of the corners off before practice is over....
It DOES get better with time though.
Lan
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Play nice, practice hard, but remember, this is a MARTIAL art!
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07-12-2005, 02:28 AM
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Dojo: Vestfyn Aikikai Denmark
Location: Vissenbjerg
Join Date: Jul 2000
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Re: This Old Square
Hi Linda
Welcome to the forum and kudos to you for taking up aikido without listening to that 'I'm too old for this' voice. I find that really admirable. I myself have just turned 35 and I feel my bones squeak and my tendons shatter just a little more with each training, but I refuse to let it stop me. I'll just have to warm up a bit more each time and give each movement a little extra attention.
My mother took up tai-chi at the age of 60, and it has been really good for her. She even joined me for an aikido-class once, but she lives far away in a town with no aikido.
Keep up the good work. Aikido is for everybody and for all ages. For example Nishio sensei was an awe-inspiring teacher and moved with tremendous ease and speed well into his seventies, so you may just have several decades of aiki-fun ahead of you.
All the best
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- Jørgen Jakob Friis
Inspiration - Aspiration - Perspiration
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07-12-2005, 10:26 AM
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Dojo: Aikido of Petaluma, Petaluma,CA
Join Date: Jan 2003
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Re: This Old Square
Hiya LinSu!
gee, we've got to stop meeting like this! really Must do a CA Budobabes gathering.....
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07-21-2005, 01:33 AM
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Dojo: Aikido-Ai / Whittier, CA
Location: Brea, California
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Re: This Old Square
Hi, Jerry -- yes, Aikido Ai dojo is in Uptown Whittier, on Comstock Avenue near Philadelphia. Drive by next time you're visiting the in-laws. And thanks for the nice welcome note!
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LinSu
To get back one's youth one has merely to repeat one's follies.
~ Oscar Wilde
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07-21-2005, 01:41 AM
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Dojo: Aikido-Ai / Whittier, CA
Location: Brea, California
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Re: This Old Square
Hi, Jorgen -- thanks for the warm welcome note.
I find it takes me forever to warm up. Knees don't want to bend. Leg muscles are tight. Ankles won't make those kinds of moves! I'm still struggling just to sit seiza. I keep telling myself that in a year I'll look back on this and laugh.
My sensei is 72 years old, so I feel like a young whipper-snapper in comparison. He tells me to take it slowly... but he also knows that I'll be able to bend, roll and fall with the rest of them someday soon. I enjoy the support, consideration, and encouragement of the entire dojo membership.
I look forward to chatting with you again!
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LinSu
To get back one's youth one has merely to repeat one's follies.
~ Oscar Wilde
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07-21-2005, 01:43 AM
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Dojo: Aikido-Ai / Whittier, CA
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Re: This Old Square
Hi! I thought you'd be so busy with RenFaire that your posts online would be few and far between. Thanks for the friendly welcome note. Chat with you again soon... LinSu
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LinSu
To get back one's youth one has merely to repeat one's follies.
~ Oscar Wilde
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