Friday:
Aikido
Saturday
Blueberry muffins
Aikido
Dinner with K, K, and the in-laws at home after grilling chicken and steaks
Cowboys and Aliens
Sunday:
Blueberry pancakes
Got Gandalf washed
Packed for trip to San Antonio
Left for San Antonio
Aikido players: Tim, Trey, Dan, Marvin, and Gail
Ukemi:
Partial set
The Walk:
Twice, as usual
Releases:
Not today
Techniques:
We brought out the padded swords for some drills on getting off-line. We then played with an approach Trey came up with to have tori stick the sword under their arm and attempt to get the off-balance for shomen-ate using only that sword.
While Tim and Trey were working with Gail, I had Marvin and Dan throw me with shomen-ate repeatedly.
At the end of the afternoon, Tim brought ought the jo. Trey and I got to work on defensive and offensive jo techniques for a bit
Aftermath:
None of note.
Aikido players: Tim, Trey, and Brad
Ukemi:
None
The Walk:
Once
Releases:
None
Techniques:
Brad got to work on the 3 step distance for techniques. We did some varying between 1 and 3-step and various approaches to getting that to work for him. We focused on shomen-ate for the entire evening.
Aftermath:
None of note.
This week's item is a European style pen turned out of Rosewood with Gold hardware. It is a medium weight pen, suitable for either a woman's or a man's hand and comes in at 5 inches long. This has a single twist, retractable mechanism that uses a Cross refill.
Since it's my item of the week, I offer a 10% discount if you contact me before purchasing it.
This week's featured shop is Wood A Plenty. It's an unusual shop in that it is a woodworking shop run by a lady. Patricia's first exposure to woodworking was when she was only 10 years old when she convinced my neighbor to help her make a holder for my Dad's favorite ashtray. Throughout the years she has been involved in one craft or another. She did not by her my first scroll saw until she moved into her own home. With limited space and even more limited time, her only woodworking activiy was to make gifts for friends, relatives, and, eventually, grandchildren. Some of her favorite projects are a cradle and rocking horse for my first grandson, a large intarsia eagle wallhanging, lamps and "secret" boxes. After recently moving into a larger home, her\ friends/relatives finally convinced her to start making items for art/craft shows.
Take a look at some of her amazing work below
