9.29.2014

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Saturday, September 27, 2014


Friday, September 26, 2014

9.25.2014

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Tuesday, September 23, 2014


Monday, September 22, 2014

9.24.2014

Volleyball, 1-2

We played "Deep Corners" this week and won all only the last game.  We got fairly manhandled on the first two games, but we handled them easily on the third.

Weird.

That should be the last game of the season.  There is another week of regular season, but we've played all of our matches.  We did not make the playoffs. 

9.22.2014

Weekend update

Friday:

Lunch at a new Italian joint nearby.
Aikido

Saturday:

Blueberry pancakes
Walked the dogs
Stopped by the rental to assess light bulb needs
Aikido
A&M Football
Dinner with K. at El Centinela
Football

Sunday:

Time in the shop working on the entertainment center
Football
Nap
Mowed our yard
Mowed the yard at the rental
Dinner
Baked banana bread
Football

Aikido Saturday Afternoon - 9/20/14

Aikido players:

Tim, Dan, Mario, Marvin, Gail, and Al

Ukemi:

Just watched over the other folks, except they wanted to see some wrong-leg falls, so I gave them a bit of a demo.  They then took up the gauntlet and took some rolls

The Walk:

Twice, as usual.Plus, I was asked to demonstrate how I do the 2nd stone fo the Walk.  Dan was interested in seeing my weight shift on the side-to-side motion.

Releases:

Worked with Dan on his set.  Mario and Marvin worked together.  Al and Gail worked together.

Techniques:

Marvin and Mario worked on Shihonage and Tenkai Kote Hineri.

Dan and I worked his way up from 1 through 4.  We spent a good amount of time on 4.

Aftermath:

None of note.

Aikido Friday Night - 9/19/14

Aikido players:

Tim, Dan, Mario, Marvin, and Al

Ukemi:

Got a full set in.

The Walk:

Twice, as usual.

Releases:

Oversaw Marvin and Al, Dan and Mario.

Techniques:

Marvin and Mario worked on Shihonage and Tenkai Kote Hineri

Aftermath:

None of note.

9.21.2014

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Friday, September 19, 2014


Thursday, September 18, 2014

9.19.2014

Aikido Thursday Night - 9/18/14

Aikido players:  Kim, Dan, and Mario

Ukemi:

Not on Thursdays

The Walk:

Not on Thursdays

Releases:

Not on Thursdays

Techniques:

Dan worked with me on Shihonage

Kim worked with Mario on Shihonage, Tenkai Kote Hineri, and Mae otoshi

Aftermath:

None of note.

Volleyball, 3-0

We played "Bumpin Uglies" this past week and won all 3 games.  They have a worse record than we do, so it was expected, but it was not a whitewash.

Good, competitive match.

9.17.2014

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Monday, September 15, 2014

9.15.2014

Weekend update

Friday:

No lunch
Aikido

Saturday:

Blueberry pancakes
Got a haircut
Bank
Aikido
Worked on electrical stuff at the rental

Football
Worked on dough for Danishes

Sunday:

Blueberry pancakes
Workshop time, more work on the entertainment center
Worked on the danishes
Football

Aikido Saturday Afternoon - 9/13/14

Aikido players:

Tim, Dan, Mario, and John

Ukemi:

Got a full set in.

Got to throw some of the other guys with gurumas.

The Walk:

Twice, as usual, facing each other

Releases:

Dan, Mario and John did a round robin set..

Techniques:

Everyong did some work on Oshi Taoshi.

We then went into working on the first chain from Ki Harry.

Aftermath:

None of note.

Aikido Friday Night - 9/12/14

Aikido players:

Tim, Kim, Mario, and John

Ukemi:

Got a full set in.

We spent a lot of time having the folks throw each other, warm-up style, with kote gaeshi

The Walk:

Twice, as usual.

Releases:

Worked with John on his set..

Techniques:

Kim and Mario worked on Kote Gaeshi.

John and I worked on 6, 7, and 8


Aftermath:

None of note.

9.13.2014

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Thursday, September 11, 2014


Wednesday, September 10, 2014

9.12.2014

Aikido Thursday Night - 9/11/14

Aikido players:  Kim, Dan, Mario, Marvin and John

Ukemi:

Not on Thursdays

The Walk:

Not on Thursdays

Releases:

Not on Thursdays

Techniques:

John worked with me on Gedan ate and Waki Gatamae

Kim worked with Dan on Kote gaeshi

Mario and Marvin worked on Kote Gaeshi

Aftermath:

None of note.

9.09.2014

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Sunday, September 07, 2014


Saturday, September 06, 2014

9.08.2014

Weekend update

Friday:

Lunch at Fusion Taco
Aikido
Started a batch of sourdough

Saturday:

Blueberry pancakes
Picked up riding mower from Gill's
Went to get haircut, too many folks ahead of me
More work on sourdough
Aikido
Nap
Football

Sunday:

Workshop time, started working on entertainment center again
Thunderstorm, lost power for 3 hours
Baked sourdough
Nap
Football
Made buttermilk cornbread

Aikido Saturday Afternoon- 9/6/14

Aikido players: 

Tim, Mario, Marvin, Dan, John, and Al

Ukemi:

None for me, watched over the guys.

The Walk:

Twice, as usual.

Releases:

None today

Techniques:

We played a little more with the  stuff from last weekend: no hands for tori, but uke has grabbed on to tori's gi.

Then, Mario, Marvin and Dan worked on Kote gaeshi.

John and Al worked through the first 10 of Ju Nana Hon Kata


Aftermath:

Looks like our Thursday hours might change from 8:30 - 9:30 to 8:00 - 9:00.

Aikido Friday Night - 9/5/14

Aikido players: 

Tim, Kim, Mario, Marvin, John, and Al

Ukemi:

Got a full set in.

The Walk:

Twice, as usual.

Releases:

Worked with Al on his set..

Techniques:

Kim and Al worked on Shihonage.

John and Mario worked on Ushiro-ate

Mario and Marvin worked on Kote Gaeshi

Kim, Marion and Marvin worked on Kote Gaeshi

Aftermath:

None of note.

9.05.2014

Aikido Thursday Night - 9/4/14

Aikido players:  Kim, Dan, Mario, and John

Ukemi:

Not on Thursdays

The Walk:

Not on Thursdays

Releases:

Not on Thursdays

Techniques:

John worked with Mario and Dan on Ude Gaseshi, Ude hineri and Ushiro ate.

Kim worked with Dan and Mario on Kote gaeshi

Aftermath:

None of note.

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Wednesday, September 03, 2014


Tuesday, September 02, 2014

9.04.2014

Weekend update

Friday:

Worked from home
Did walkthrough on rental property
Closed on rental property
Luch with K at Subway
Aikido

Saturday:

Blueberry pancakes
Assessment of rental property
Aikido
Nap


Sunday:

Pushed mowed 1/2 the yard since the rider is still in the shop
Work on a wand in the shop

Aikido Saturday Afternoon - 8/30/14

Aikido players:  Tim, Trey, Dan, Mario, John, and Al

Ukemi:

None for me today

The Walk:

Twice, as usual. 

Releases:

None today.

Techniques:

Trey got on a wild hare and used me as uke for off-balances with tori using no hands.  Uke just grabs onto tori's gi and tori then creates off-balances and throws.  Trey managed to get a bog fall out of me at one point.

We then split up and worked with the kyu grades and had them work amongst themselves on the same concept.  Some were getting it, some were trying too hard.

We then split up the kyu grades and had them work on their upcoming techniques keeping in mind the working with center emphasized at the beginning of class.


Aftermath:



3 hour class.

Aikido Friday Night - 8/29/14

Aikido players:  Tim, Mario, John, and Al

Ukemi:

Got a full set in. Took the easy way out and rolled on softer mats. Also threw some of the other folks with Garumes and Kotes.

The Walk:

Twice, as usual.

Releases:

Worked with John on his set..

Techniques:

We did a round robin.  Mario worked with John and Al on his 6-10.  Al worked with John and Mario on his 1-5.  John worked with Al and Mario on his 1-5.

Aftermath:

None of note.

Aikido Thursday Night - 8/28/14

Aikido players:  Kim, Mario, John, and Al

Ukemi:

Not on Thursdays

The Walk:

Not on Thursdays

Releases:

Not on Thursdays

Techniques:

Can't remember what Al and John worked on

Kim and Mario worked on Shihonage, and Shomenate

Aftermath:

None of note.

9.01.2014

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Saturday, August 30, 2014


Friday, August 29, 2014