The musings of a weary mind. Conversations on aikido, gardening, cooking, travel and, maybe, woodworking.
Aikido players: Dan, and Mario
Ukemi:
Not on Thursdays
The Walk:
Not on Thursdays
Releases:
Not on Thursdays
Techniques:
We ran through all of the techniques. Each uked twice and tori'd twice. Very respectable. There would be no issue with promoting them based on the night's work.
Aftermath:
None of note.
Friday:
Lunch at Skyline Deli
Aikido
Saturday:
Blueberry muffins
Aikido
Windshield replacement at Safelite
Dinner at El Centinela with K.
Started working on breads for Sunday
Sunday:
Blueberry pancakes
Milk rolls
Tiger rolls
Croissants
Shortcake
Dog Walk
Grilled out dinner for in-laws, mom, sis and niece/nephew-in-law
Monday:
Dog Walk
Harvested blackberries
Nap
"Wordplay"
"Safety Not Guaranteed"
"Godzilla Raids Again"
Basketball
Aikido players: Tim, Dan, Al, John, David, and Emilie
Ukemi:
Watched over everyone else.
The Walk:
Twice. And then a little work with David
Releases:
Worked with David. Made it through the first 4.
Techniques:
Oversaw some "punch-the-dummy" and some intro work for Shomen-ate with David
Aftermath:
None of note.
Aikido players: Tim, Dan, Mario, Al, John, David, and Emilie
Ukemi:
Got in a full set before class. Watched over everyone else.
The Walk:
Twice. And then a bunch of work with David and Ellie
Releases:
Watched over Dan, Mario as they worked with David and Emilie
Techniques:
Oversaw some "punch-the-dummy" and some intro work for Shomen-ate
Aftermath:
None of note.
Aikido players: Kim, Dan, and Mario
Ukemi:
Not on Thursdays
The Walk:
Not on Thursdays
Releases:
Not on Thursdays
Techniques:
We rotated uke/tori roles through the evening. Everyone worked on Ude gaeshi, Hiki otoshi, Ude hineri and Waki gatamae. We did 5 reps on gaeshi, 3 on hiki, 3 on hineri and 1 on waki.
Everyone did fairly well.
Aftermath:
None of note.
We were close in the games, but in the end, we weren't able to stay with them. Losing about 15-21 in the first two. I think we won 15-11 in the third.
I had one good opportunity at a kill last night. As I was swinging, a ball came onto the court and cancelled the point. I could not stop the swing. It was a nice swing. But, completely moot.
Friday:
Lunch at Eat's Mesquite
Aikido
Start on sourdough
Saturday:
Sourdough
Blueberry muffins
Aikido
Preakness
Dinner at Joe's with K. and the in-laws
Sunday:
Sourdough
Grilled out steaks and corn
Basketball
Aikido players: Tim, Marvin, Mario, John, David, and Ellie (2 new students)
Ukemi:
None for me (still babying the injured right knee). Watched over everyone else.
The Walk:
Twice. And then a bunch of work with David and Ellie. I got them through the entire Walk
Releases:
None for me today
Techniques:
Did a little "punch the dummy" work with David and Ellie
Aftermath:
None of note.
Aikido players: Tim, Dan, Marvin, Mario, Gale, John, David, and Ellie (2 new students)
Ukemi:
None for me (still babying the injured right knee). Watched over everyone else.
The Walk:
Twice. And then a bunch of work with David and Ellie
Releases:
Watched over Dan, Mario and Marvin
Techniques:
Did no technique work
Aftermath:
None of note.
Aikido players: Kim, Dan, Mario, and Marvin
Ukemi:
Not on Thursdays
The Walk:
Not on Thursdays
Releases:
Not on Thursdays
Techniques:
Kim worked with Dan on 7, 8, 9, and 10.
Mario, and Marvin worked on 7, 8, and 9.
The goal was to have them work on 7, 8, and 9 and then run through all ten techniques. We spent too much time on the primary techniques that we did not get an opportunity to run through the entire set.
Maybe tonight.
Aftermath:
None of note.
We played Cervaces, and played poorly. We lost 9-21, 10-21 and I'm not certain of the score for the third game.
Friday:
Lunch at Simon's Homestyle Cafe
Aikido
Saturday:
Haircut
Banking
Aikido
Nap
Basketball
Dinner with K. and El Centinela
Sunday
Worked on Croissants, Panquemado, and Cinnamon rolls
Cooked out for Dinner: chicken, sausage
Basketball
Aikido players: Tim, Dan, Marvin, Mario, John, and Al
Ukemi:
None for me. Watched over everyone else.
The Walk:
Twice. I only did once, as my knee was questionable
Releases:
Watched Mario, Dan and and Marvin work together
Techniques:
Mario, Dan and Marvin did 1-10 left-side. We then ran through the troublesome techniques (7, 8, 9, and 10) to try to clean them up.
Aftermath:
None of note.
Aikido players: Tim, Trey, Dan, Marvin, Al, And John (We had about 5 potential students watching tonight!!!!!)
Ukemi:
None for me. Watched over everyone else.
The Walk:
Twice.
Releases:
Worked with Al on his.
Techniques:
Worked on Gedan-ate and Ushiro-ate with Al and John.
Also worked on Ude gaeshi with Dan and Marvin.
Aftermath:
Took a bit of a tumble when working with Trey and landed hard on my knee. Even with the knee pads on, it did swell up some. I iced it overnight and it's sore still, but the swelling is 98% gone. It might be sore because the ice pack rested on a bone for a while. It feels bruised, but it might be a ligament.
Aikido players: Kim, Dan, Mario, Marvin, Al
Ukemi:
Not on Thursdays
The Walk:
Not on Thursdays
Releases:
Not on Thursdays
Techniques:
Kim worked with Al on three-step techniques and Oshi taoshi.
Dan , Mario, and Marvin ran through their 10 techniques and we then ran through the ones with issues: Ushiro-ate, Ude-gaeshi, Hiki taoshi and Wake gatame
Aftermath:
None of note.
Friday:
Lunch at Frank's Pizza
Aikido
Saturday:
Oil change for truck
Aikido
Worked on Panquemao
Worked on Deep dish pizza
Deep dish pizza for dinner
Basketball
Sunday:
Maas nursery for blueberry bushes
Tookie's for lunch
Nap
Planted blueberry bushes
Mulched with remains from the pine tree we had taken down on Thursday
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Labels: aikido, automobiles, bread, gardening, restaurants
Aikido players: Tim, Dan, Marvin, Mario, Gale, John, and Al
Ukemi:
None for me. Watched over everyone else.
The Walk:
Twice.
Releases:
Watched Gale and Marvin work together and Dan and John work together
Techniques:
Watched over Marvin and Gale as they worked on Oshi taoshi.
Al had his Yonkyu demonstration.
Marvin then ran through his techniques with Mario as uke. Marion ran through his with Marvin as uke and then Dan ran through his with Mavin as uke.
We're going to attempt to get them all to Sankyu by the end of the month.
Aftermath:
None of note.
Aikido players: Tim, Marvin, Mario, and Al
Ukemi:
None for me. Watched over everyone else.
The Walk:
Twice.
Releases:
Worked with Marvin on his.
Techniques:
Worked on Oshi taoshi with Marvin for most of the evening.
Aftermath:
None of note.
I found this recipe at : http://www.cocinandosabores.com/2013/02/panou-panquemao.html and used google to translate it. Now I'm going to quadruple the quantities.....
Ingredients
4 eggs
160g mild olive oil or sunflower oil
260g sugar
160g milk
1000g flour
60g fresh yeast
lemon zest
For decoration
1 egg beaten
sugar
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 º F Prepare baking trays with parchment paper
Dissolve yeast in warm milk, about 110F
Incorporate in a bowl the eggs, sugar, oil and lemon zest. Mix well .When milk is foamed with the yeast added to the egg mixture and
finally incorporate the flour. Mix well and remove from bowl.
Put the dough in our work surface and knead well until we get a
smooth batter without lumps , put it in a deep bowl, the cover with a
kitchen towel and let rest until doubled in volume approximately 1-1/2 hours
After the dough has risen enough, remove the dough from the bowl and knead to lightly degas the dough.
If we want to make small panquemaos split the dough into portions each about 80g each. shape them into round balls. Let them rest on the tray about 15 minutes away from drafts , in a warm place.
Paint with egg and sprinkle each roll generously with sugar.
Place the trays in the oven and let bake about 15 minutes , remove from
oven and let cool on a rack.
They are ideal for breakfast or snack with a cup of hot chocolate
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Results:
The dough did not rise, so I must have mucked something up in the process. I may go back to the original and try it in the quantities specified. I've found another recipe I'm going to try first.
This comes from thefreshloaf
Ingredients:
Bread flour : 500 gr bread flour
Eggs: 2 large
Water/Milk: 130 ml
Olive oil : 100
ml
Sugar: 100 gr
Honey : 20 gr
Salt : 7 gr
Lemon or orange
zest
Orange flower water (some drops)
Yeast: 5 gr
Garnish:
One beaten egg and more sugar for garnishing.
Directions:
Make a solid preferment some hours before with some of the flour,
some of the water or milk and a pinch of yeast (we call this sponge).
For example, 100 gr of flour, 65 ml of milk and a pinch of yeast.
Mix
and knead the rest of the ingredients, shape a ball and let it rest at
room temperature until triplicates its size.
Divide in small pieces and
shape round balls.
Ferment at room temp for 1 hour
Ferment in the fridge overnight
Warm up 1 hour before baking
Paint with beaten egg and dust sugar.
Bake it at 350F, until it gets good color.
Aikido players: Mario
Ukemi:
Not on Thursdays
The Walk:
Not on Thursdays
Releases:
Not on Thursdays
Techniques:
We worked on the footwork for Waki gatamae. We then ran through it a few times as a full technique. We finished up running through it a few times just with uke and tori in the anticipated positions so he could get some mental memory of the body relations.
Aftermath:
None of note.
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