The musings of a weary mind. Conversations on aikido, gardening, cooking, travel and, maybe, woodworking.
Friday:
Aikido
Saturday:
Up and driving to Austin for a family Christmas
Family Christmas
Drove back from Austin
Sunday:
Did some work on the Christmas letter
Did some work on the video for Friday night's aikido demonstration
Football
Aikido players: Tim, Trey(!), Dan, Marvin, Gail, Mario, Julio, and Joe
Ukemi:
Did not get any warm-up falls in. Watched over Gail, Dan, and Mario
The Walk:
Twice, per the usual routine
Releases:
Did a little work with Joe
Techniques:
Watched over Mario and Julio as they worked on their demonstration stuff.
Then Tim had me run Mario and Julio's demonstrations. We did the usual stuff for Yonkyu and they did well. Both earned their promotions.
Aftermath:
None of note.
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Aikido players: Dan
Ukemi:
Nope, not tonight
The Walk:
Not on Thursdays
Releases:
Not on Thursdays
Techniques:
Worked
with Dan on the entry for Waki-gatame, right and left side.
Noted a few things while working with him:
If tori drops the arm he intercepts to armbar height too soon, uke can get out of it.
If tori does not keep the arm he intercepts parallel (roughly) to the ground, the armbar will be tougher to achieve, as tori will have to match the angle of his shoulder to the angle of the arm.
If tori finds he has not ended up perpendicular to uke, he needs to relax any armbar placed on uke before moving to be perpendicular. This is mainly for dojo use in order to save uke's arm. On the street it might work out ok.
Aftermath:
None of note.
Friday:
Lunch at MR Grill in the tunnels
Aikido - awarded Yondan
Saturday
Blueberry muffins
Aikido
Went and made a donation at Bay Area Pet Adoptions (did not bring home another pet)
Lunch at Tookies
Mixed up a number of cookie recipes (Russian Teacakes, Sugar Cookies, Gingerbread Men, Shortbread)
Football
Went Xmas shopping at Home Depot, Academy
Saw The Hobbit at the theatre
Sunday:
Baked cookies
Baked pumpkin and pecan pies
Football
Aikido players: Tim, Trey(!), Dan, Marvin, Gail, Mario, Julio, John, and Devin
Ukemi:
Watched over Gail, Dan, and Mario
The Walk:
Twice, per the usual routine
Releases:
Not .tonight
Techniques:
Watched over Mario and Julio as they worked on their demonstration stuff for this upcoming Friday.
Aftermath:
Trey was awarded his Nidan tonight.
I was awarded my Yondan. Holy crap. I have mixed emotions. I would really like to have done the demonstration for it (that will come in the future), but I understand that the lack of qualified ukes (Trey and Troy have all sorts of issues keeping them from attending regularly recently) has put a crimp in my demonstration schedule.
I do feel kind of undeserving without doing the demonstration, but I will soldier on.
I was stunned when Sensei altered our usual evening schedule and my wife (!) showed up to see me get the promotion. There was lots of subterfuge going on to make the evening what it was.
My student, according to a phone call this morning, got caught up in events at home. So, no class.
So, playoffs were this week. As the first place team, we were matched up against the fourth place team. We won the first game about 25-19. We then lost the second game 24-26. The third game was another close one, 13-15.
Oh well, we should have won. Maybe next season. If we stay in the rec. league that's a possibility. Up in the comp. league? No way. We may move up if there's an opening.
Friday:
Dumplings in the tunnels
Aikido
Saturday:
Blueberry muffins
Aikido
Cleared out some of the back hedge
Sunday:
Worked on Cinnamon/Raisin bread
Was pretty much worthless the rest of the day
Football
Aikido players: Tim, Dan, Marvin, Gail, Mario, Julio, and Devin
Ukemi:
Got in a few falls before watching over the less experienced
The Walk:
Twice, per the usual routine
Releases:
Worked with Devin on all of the releases.
Techniques:
Worked with Devin on Shomen-ate and Aigama-ate. He picked up on the new stuff fairly quickly.
I then watched over Julio and Mario as they worked on their techniques for their upcoming demonstration. I then worked Devin into the mix as well.
Marvin, Gail, and Dan worked together on their collection of techniques.
Aftermath:
None of note.
Aikido players: Tim, Dan, Mario, Julio, John, and Devin
Ukemi:
Not tonight, for me. Watched over the other folks
The Walk:
Twice, per the usual routine
Releases:
Worked with Devin on all of the releases.
Techniques:
Worked some with John on Shomen-ate.
Aftermath:
None of note.
Aikido players: Dan
Ukemi:
Nope, not tonight
The Walk:
Not on Thursdays
Releases:
Not on Thursdays
Techniques:
Worked
with Dan on the entries of techniques 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 of Ju Nana Hon Kata.
We worked on
Ushiro-ate until my wrists were likely to be bruised. The others went fairly well.
Aftermath:
None of note.
Close-ish games, but we won all three. Combined with results from other matches, this put us in first place for the regular season. Now, time for the playoffs, with us as #1 seed.
Friday:
Aikido
Saturday:
Truck in for an oil change and inspection
Aikido
Did some work on getting the ASH website to have the latest and greatest code
Sunday:
Worked on: cinnamon rolls, and cardamom cinnamon rolls
Football
Aikido players: Tim, Troy, Marvin, Mario, and Joe
Ukemi:
Got in most of a set while watching over Joe and other folks
The Walk:
Twice, per the usual routine
Releases:
None today for me
Techniques:
Tim had Troy and I work on Koryu Dai San, the kneeling portion thereof. We got through: 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6
Aftermath:
None of note.
Aikido players: Tim, Dan, Marvin, Gail, Mario, Julio, Roderick, John, and Devin
Ukemi:
Got in full set before watching over the less experienced
The Walk:
Twice, per the usual routine
Releases:
Worked with Devin on all of the releases
Techniques:
We did some work with all folks on the entry to Shomen-ate
Aftermath:
None of note.
Aikido players: Dan
Ukemi:
Nope, not tonight
The Walk:
Not on Thursdays
Releases:
Not on Thursdays
Techniques:
Worked with Dan on the entries of the first 5 techniques of Ju Nana Hon Kata. We did them until he got 5 good ones for each side. We were working on Ushiro-ate when time ran out.
Aftermath:
None of note.
We played "Shankenstein" this week. The first game had a wide margin, the second was 23-12, or so. The third game we lost 17-15. The games should not have been that close. I know my game was off, but I did get us off to a 7-0 lead in the third game.
We play them next week, for the last non-playoff match of the season. I hope we do better.
Wednesday:
Made 4 pies
Thursday:
Worked on rolls
Went over to V's for Turkey day
Football
Friday:
Leftovers
Went geocaching in Challenger Park with K and the dogs. Saw a small herd of deer on the way to one cache.
Saturday:
Aikido
Football
Sunday:
Slept in
Football
Went shopping for a light fixture for the kitchen
Tried to mow a bit of the yard, ran out of gas, got a small burn while pushing the mower back in
Aikido players: Tim, Dan, Marvin, Gail, Mario, Julio, and Roderick
Ukemi:
Got in one or two falls demonstrating for various folks.
The Walk:
Twice, per the usual routine
Releases:
Worked with Gail on the releases
Techniques:
Worked with Mario, Gail, and Julio on Ushiro-ate, and Gyaku-gamae-ate.
Aftermath:
None of note.
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