Aikido Thursday Night - 3/30/17 - Wasabi Dojo

Aikido players:

Randy, John, Adam and Willie

Ukemi:

None

The Walk:

Not tonight

Releases:

Willie and Adam

Techniques:

Adam and I spent  little bit of the class on Koryu Dai Yon.  We each ran through two reps.  We also worked on the sword section of Koryu Dai San.  I had the usual problem on the usual technique on the sword stuff

Commentary:

The dojo will be moving to a new portion of the business park.  The mat will be quite a bit large, not as large as the mat in the building on my property (if it ever gets built).  It'll also have 2-stall and 3-stall bathrooms plus two other offices.  It'll be a nice workable space.

We'll have to generate a few more students to be able to help James pay for it.  It'll be an extra $1200/month for the space.

Aikido Tuesday Night - 3/28/17 - Wasabi Dojo

Aikido players:

John, Adam, and Willie

Ukemi:

None

The Walk:

Not tonight

Releases:

Adam and Willie

Techniques:

Adam and I spent ran through Koryu Dai Yon, 1-14.

Commentary:

No volleyball tonight, so on to aikido.

Also, the guy whose space we use may be moving to a larger unit in the business park.  We'd have a mat space 12' larger on one dimension, and 30' larger on another.  It's give us, possibly the second largest mat in Houston.  Second only to Diamondback Judo.

Weekend update

Friday:

Up at 4:30 a.m.
On the road at 5:00
Shipley's
Bernardo to New Ulm to Industry to Nelsonville to Blieberville, to Wesley to Latium to Burton to Gay Hill to Independence to College Station
Checked in at AggieCon
Lunch at Carter's Burgers
Panel at the con
Check in at the hotel
Dinner at La Carreta Mexican Grill
Pictures on campus

Saturday:

Up at 7
Breakfast at Kettle
Panels at the con
Depart College Station at 2
Home around 5
NCAA basketball

Sunday:

Work on new fence for band saw
Lasagna
NCAA basketball

Aikido Thursday Night - 3/23/17 - Wasabi Dojo

Aikido players:

Randy, Adam, Laura, Bao, and Willie

Ukemi:

None

The Walk:

Twice

Releases:

Bao and Willie, Adam and Laura

Techniques:

Adam and I spent  little bit of the class on Koryu Dai San.  We each ran through one rep.

I had Bao and Willie working on 8, 9, and 10.  Adam and Laura worked on Shihonage for most for the evening.

Commentary:

None of note.

Volleyball, 0-3

Opponent : Young Balla's

Lost the first game: 19-21

Lost the second game:  18-21

Lost the third:  11-15

All good, close games.  Disappointing that we did not manage to squeak out a win.  Did manage a good serving streak at the beginning of the second game.  And one good spike.

Weekend update

Friday:

Pick up traveller at airport
Lunch with K at Habaneros
Over at mom's to pick up tax stuff
Pen turning stuff in the shop
NCAA basketball

Saturday:

Pen turning stuff in the shop
Attempted meeting for WFCInternet work for family reunion
Yard work
Dinner with K at El Centinela
NCAA basketball
Sunday:

Yard work
Pen turning stuff in the shop
Nap
Pen turning stuff in the shop
NCAA basketballPen turning stuff in the shop

Aikido Thursday night - 3/16/16 - Wasabi Dojo

Aikido players:

Randy, John, Adam, and Willie

Ukemi:

None

The Walk:

Not tonight

Releases:

Not tonight.

Techniques:

Adam and I spent the evening working together.  Koryu Dai Yon with each other as uke and with Willie as uke.  We also did the first 4 of kneeling Koryu Dai San.

Commentary:

None of note.

Volleyball, 0-3

Opponent : I'd Hit That

Lost the first game: 12-21

Lost the second game:  12-21

Lost the third:  7-15

All scores are approximate.  They had 5, we had six.  Disappointing

Weekend update

Friday:

Move mower over to rental
Drop off art at RevelCon
Visit Circle Saw to see if a motor is available for lathe
Visit Woodcraft and buy a new lathe
Bring mower back
Dinner with K at El Centinela

Saturday:

Video work
Email work for WFC
Dinner with K and D at Tookie's

Sunday:

Pick up art from RevelCon
Video work
Assemble Lathe
Clean up some of the wisteria and scrub trees from the hedge
Make calls for ALAMO meeting

Aikido Thursday Night - 3/9/17 - Wasabi Dojo

Aikido players:

Randy, John, Adam, Laura, Bao,  and Willie

Ukemi:

None

The Walk:

Not tonight

Releases:

Not tonight.

Techniques:

Adam and I spent the evening working together.  We worked on the bokken portion of Koryu Dai San and the the first 14 of Koryu Dai Yon.  We actually did fairly well.

Commentary:

None of note.

Volleyball, 1-2

Opponent : Block Party

First time on the court in about 3 months

Lost the first game 18-21

Won the second game 21-16

Lost the third  8-15

Start of a new season

Weekend update

Friday:

Lunch at Habanero's with K.
Refreshed sourdough starter
Started/finished a bench out of 2x4s

Saturday:

Grocery store for flour
Bank
Farmers' Market
Grocery store for more flour and beer
Made some rolls
Video editing
Discovered our oven was not working
Steaks grilled out by the in-laws.

Sunday:

Taxes
Various Star Wars films on TV
Got stuff ready for RevelCon

Aikido Thursday Night - 3/2/17 - Wasabi Dojo

Aikido players:

Adam, Laura, Bao,  and Willie

Ukemi:

Warm up slaps and a portion of my ukemi

The Walk:

Twice

Releases:

Adam and Laura, Bao and Willie

Techniques:

Adam and Laura spent a good amount of time working on releases.  Willie/Bao worked on 8, 9, and 10.

Commentary:

None of note.

Aikido Tuesday Night - 2/28/17

Aikido players:

 Laura, Bao, and Willie

Ukemi:

Warm up slaps

The Walk:

3 times.  Once with eyes closed and me walking around the mat counting

Releases:

Round robin

Techniques:

The manager to get through 6 and 7.  We then worked improving the skills for doing techniques at a 3 step distance.

Commentary:

None of note.

Weekend update - Killeen Seminar

Friday:

Head West right out from work
Miss the turn off for 36 in Sealy, continue on to LaGrange
Arrive in Killeen, hotel does not have my reservation.  They do have a reservation for me in March!
Get a room, grab a nap.
Dinner at a Mexican joint nearby
Seminar starts up
Groundwork with an instructor who used to work for Blackwater
Get thrown off the mat onto tile, get injured.

Saturday:

Breakfast at the Waffle Den
Off to the seminar to watch
Lunch at Galaxy Burger with Frankie and Tonya
Back to seminar
Dinner with the seminar crowd at a Mexican joint

Sunday:

Wake up at 2:30 a.m., hurting.  Debate leaving for home.  Fall asleep.
Ignore alarm at 5:15
Wake at 6
Leave by 6:30
Uneventful drive home
Bake banana bread
Discover the my latest OS upgrade has disabled my video processing software