11.28.2014

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Wednesday, November 26, 2014


Tuesday, November 25, 2014

11.24.2014

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Saturday, November 22, 2014


Friday, November 21, 2014

11.22.2014

Aikido Friday Night - 11/21/14

Aikido players:

Tim, Trey, Mario, Marvin, Gail, Dan, John, and Kim

Ukemi:

Got to the mat early tonight.  Had a nice stretch and got in a double set of ukemi.  Watched over Gail.

The Walk:

Twice

Releases:

John and Gail, Mario and Kim, Dan and Marvin worked together.

Techniques:

We kept the same pairings for techniques.  Each pairing had at least one person getting ready for a demo.

We had a 10 minute breather of class and Trey talked about everyone not just going through the steps of a technique, but trying to figure out whether they "had" the technique.  Talked about the roles of uke and tori.

Trey and I then did a little live action embodiment of that desired goal.  I'd spotted a video from Nick that showed Sumi Otoshi and wanted to work with it.  My first off-balance was not right, and Trey corrected it.  We then, slowly, made our way through the technique, correcting as we went.  The process ended with a gorgeous fall.

Aftermath:

None of note.

Aikido Thursday Night - 11/20/14

Aikido players:

Mario, Marvin, Dan, and Kim

Ukemi:

Not on Thursdays

The Walk:

Not on Thursdays

Releases:

Not on Thursdays

Techniques:

Dan and Kim worked on their demo

Mario and Marvin worked on Marvin's demo

Aftermath:

None of note.

11.20.2014

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Tuesday, November 18, 2014


Monday, November 17, 2014

11.19.2014

Volleyball, 0-3

We played "Passing Out" last night, probably the best team in the league when Fandango is not in the league.  We were not up to snuff.  Manhandled fairly easily.

Weekend update

Friday:

Lunch at House of Blues
Curtis' birthday at the dojo, no aikido

Saturday:

Haircut
Banking
Moved some furniture to Christina
Football
Banana bread

Sunday:

More work replacing plugs and switches at Christina
Football

Aikido Saturday Afternoon - 11/15/14

Aikido players:

Tim, Mario, Marvin, Gail, and Dan

Ukemi:

Got to the mat late tonight, so no ukemi for me.

The Walk:

Twice

Releases:

Dan and Marvin, Mario and Gail worked together.

Techniques:

More work prepping for demonstrations

I got to do some offensive jo work with Marvin and Dan at the end of class.

Aftermath:

None of note.

Aikido Thursday Night - 11/13/14

Aikido players:

Mario, Marvin, Dan, John, and Kim

Ukemi:

Not on Thursdays

The Walk:

Not on Thursdays

Releases:

Not on Thursdays

Techniques:

Dan and Kim worked on his demo

John and Marvin worked on Marvin's demo

Mario and I worked on 15 and 17.

Aftermath:

None of note.

11.16.2014

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Friday, November 14, 2014


Thursday, November 13, 2014

11.12.2014

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Monday, November 10, 2014


Sunday, November 09, 2014

11.10.2014

Weekend update

Friday:

Lunch at Perbacco's
Aikido

Saturday:

Up early and drove to Arlington for a meeting ( roadwork closed 45, causing us to be delayed by an hour)
ALAMO meeting
Drove back to Houston, got back around 10 p.m.

Sunday:

Dead.  Recovering from drive.  Got nothing accomplished

Aikido Friday Night - 11/7/14

Aikido players:

Tim, Trey, Mario, Marvin, Gail, Dan, and Kim

Ukemi:

Got to the mat late tonight, so no ukemi for me.

The Walk:

Twice

Releases:

Trey and Gail, Dan and Kim, Mario and Marvin worked together.

Techniques:

We kept the same pairings for techniques

Aftermath:

None of note.

11.08.2014

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Thursday, November 06, 2014


Wednesday, November 05, 2014

11.07.2014

Aikido Thursday Night - 11/6/14

Aikido players:

Mario, Marvin, Dan, and Kim

Ukemi:

Not on Thursdays

The Walk:

Not on Thursdays

Releases:

Not on Thursdays

Techniques:

Dan and Kim worked on 11-14

Mario and Marvin worked on 11-14 for Marvin and 15 for Mario.

Aftermath:

None of note.

11.06.2014

Volleyball, 0-3

We played "in your face" this week and got manhandled.  They were never in danger of losing any of the games, but it at least felt competitive.

11.04.2014

Weekend update

Friday:

Lunch at Eats Mesquite Grill
Aikido

Saturday:

Blueberry pancakes
Took the truck in for oil change
Aikido
Switch and plug replacement at rental
Dinner with K. at El Centinela
Crashed early

Sunday:

In the shop working on tables for the rental
Football
Dinner with K. at Joe's


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Sunday, November 02, 2014


Saturday, November 01, 2014

11.03.2014

Aikido Saturday Afternoon - 11/1/14

Aikido players:

Tim, Trey, Dan, Mario, Marvin, and Gail

Ukemi:

Got a double set in tonight

The Walk:

Twice

Releases:

Worked with Marvin on his.  Did a set myself and was not impressed.

Techniques:

Worked with Marvin on Shomen-ate

After kyu grade session was done, Trey and I worked on the knife stuff from Koryu Dai San.  Spent about an hour and 15 minutes on the first 6 techniques.  Made some progress, found the off-balances.

The kote gaeshi from that section is really fun.  Uke's reaction to the main off-balance and the recovery therefrom turns into the air fall very, very quickly.  As uke starts rotating his center to catch up to his hand, he has to make the decision to take the fall at that instant.  Trey and I each took that fall once.  Too fast to do it many more times at the  point in a session.

Aftermath:

None of note.

Aikido Friday Night - 10/31/14

Aikido players:

Tim, Mario, Marvin, Gail, and John

Ukemi:

Got a double set in tonight

The Walk:

Twice

Releases:

John and Marvin worked together and Mario and Gail worked together

Techniques:

John and Marvin worked on 11-14 and Mario and Gail worked on 6-10

Aftermath:

None of note.