The musings of a weary mind. Conversations on aikido, gardening, cooking, travel and, maybe, woodworking.
Friday:
Off from work
Mowed the lawn
Lunch with K. at Gina's Italian
Art Show stuff
Aikido
Saturday:
Banking
Aikido
Art Show stuff
Sunday:
Pulled vines from the hedge and sprayed with weed killer
Football
Art Show stuff
Aikido players: Tim, Gail, Jeff, Trey, Troy, Dan the Elder, Marvin, Mario and Zach
Ukemi:
Full set. Jeff took our students out and did some rolls on the concrete with them.
The Walk:
Not today.
Releases:
Not today.
Techniques:
Jeff and Gail wanted to do some work on Koryu Dai Yon no Kata. So, we spent the afternoon working on the first couple of the first 14. We then spent some time working on the first two of the second 11. I played with sacrifices on those two, just to see how much trouble I would be in: a fair amount.
I spent a good amount of time working with Troy on 3 of the last 5 of O Waza Ju Pon. I did not feel like taking lots of Shizumi Otoshi or Kote gaeshi falls. Troy did well.
Aftermath:
A nice 3.5 hour session.
Class cancelled because of severe thunderstorms in the area. Didn't want the students to get caught in floodings.
Aikido players: Troy, and Dan the Elder
Ukemi:
None tonight
The Walk:
Not on Thursdays, normally.
Releases:
Not on Thursdays, normally.
Techniques:
We spent half of the evening on left-sided Waki-gatame with Dan and Troy trading experiences. The other half was on O Waza Ju Pon - shihonage
Aftermath:
None of note
We played "Recreational Buffet" this week. We did not play terribly well, We did smoke them in the second game, as they had trouble handling my serve for a bit. But, they handled us well in the other games.
I was generally disgruntled most of the evening. I think the upcoming convention is disturbing my balance, I know it's disturbing my sleep.
Elliptical: 14 minutes, incline, level 4, 2.2 miles, 214 cal
Weight machine out of order still.
Friday:
Lunch at Abe's
Aikido
Saturday:
Bank stuff
Aikido
Office Depot
Nap
Art Show stuff
Office Depot
Marble Slab
Sunday:
Lazy morning
Golf on TV
Grilled out salmon, and made a peach poundcake
Football on TV
Aikido players: Tim, Dan the Elder, Mario, Roderick, and Zach (a new student).
Ukemi:
Got in a full set.
The Walk:
Twice, as usual. And then a couple more partial reps with Zach.
Releases:
I oversaw Mario, Dan and Roderick working together.
Techniques:
Roderick, Dan and Mario worked on Shome-ate.
Aftermath:
None of note.
Elliptical: 14 minutes, incline, level 4, 2.2 miles, 212 cal
Weight machine out of order still.
Aikido players: Tim, Trey, Dan the Elder, and Mario
Ukemi:
Got a full set in
The Walk:
One rep, curcular formation.
Releases:
Worked with Mario. We spent most of the evening on this, as he was having a rough night. We did a couple of reps on the first of Ki Harry.
Techniques:
We did a little work on Shomen-ate
Aftermath:
None of note.
Aikido players: Dan the Elder
Ukemi:
None tonight
The Walk:
Not on Thursdays, normally.
Releases:
Not on Thursdays, normally.
Techniques:
We spent the evening on the footwork for Hiki-taoshi and the first of the Ki-Harry. I went round and round in circles as an uke for most of the evening.
Aftermath:
I was dead beat. I feel asleep about 10 seconds after hitting the mattress.
We played "Wild Sets" this week. We normally lose to them, but I still felt we were playing below our level. We managed to eke out a third game win. I'm not certain we deserved it.
Elliptical: 14 minutes, incline, level 4, 2.1 miles, 207 cal
Weight machine out of order still.
Friday:
Had the day off from work
Art Show computer work
Lunch with K. at King's Bier Garten
Aikido
Saturday:
Blueberry muffins
Aikido - long session
Video work from Troy's demo
nap
Sunday:
Sprayed weed-killer
The last empty lot on the block is getting cleared for construction
Nap
Video work from Troy's demo
Art Show work
Dinner at Joe's
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Aikido players: Tim, Troy, Dan the Elder, Marvin, and Gail. We also had two potential students sitting and watching.
Ukemi:
Got in a full set.
The Walk:
Twice, as usual.
Releases:
I oversaw Marvin and Dan working on their releases. They also ran through the first of Ki Harry.
Techniques:
Dan and Marvin worked through Oshtaoshi, Ude-gaeshi, and Hiki-taoshi.
Troy and I worked on the second 5 of O Waza Ju Pon for him. He was able to complete them fairly easily, at least once.
We then went through the first 25 of Koryu Dai Yon No Kata for me. I can remember the first 14 fairly easily. The next 11, not so much yet.
Aftermath:
None of note.
Aikido players: Tim, Troy, Dan the Elder, Marvin, Gail, and Mario
Ukemi:
Got in a partial set.
The Walk:
Twice, as usual.
Releases:
I worked with Gail on her set. I actually got the sixth release on Gail on my first shot. I was pleased. We then ran through Ki Harry number 1.
Techniques:
I worked with Gail on some techniques. We did some work on Shomen-ate, but her knee started bothering her, so we switched to Gyaku-agamae-ate. That went pretty well.
Aftermath:
None of note.
Aikido players: Troy, Dan the Elder
Ukemi:
None tonight
The Walk:
Not on Thursdays, normally.
Releases:
Not on Thursdays, normally.
Techniques:
We spent the evening on Waki-gatame, right side. Dan got some good reps in, and then I uked for him and blew his mind.
Aftermath:
None of note.
Elliptical: 14 minutes, incline, level 4, 2.1 miles, 204 cal
Weight machine out of order still.
Did a little mowing of the lawn at home.
Played "Wild Sets" for the first match of this season. Played poorly. We should have won, but did not play well enough to do so.
Friday:
Attempted lunch at Abe's: too crowded
Lunch at EL Napolitano
Aikido
Saturday:
Blueberry muffins
Aikido
Lunch/Dinner to Papa Gayo's to celebrate a Shodan demonstration
Dinner with in-laws
Sunday:
Late start to the day and then a "Firefly" marathon
Baked a chocolate cheesecake from the Chronicle. Was well-received.
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