Aikido Thursday Night - 4/27/17 - Wasabi Dojo

Aikido players:

Randy, Adam,Willie, Tabitha, and Ben (a new student)

Ukemi:

Basic stretches and a most of my falls for warm-up

The Walk:

Not tonight

Releases:

Not for me tonight

Techniques:

Adam and I ran through Koryu Dai Yon. Adam did much better this week than last.  He had issue with #8 (the counter to #1) and was not finishing it properly.  I got a bit of a sore wrist from working on it multiple times.

We also did the jo portion of San Kata.  That went fairly well.  I had issues with the attack for technique #5 in that series.  I had to work on it a bit.

Commentary:

None of note.

Volleyball, 0-3

Opponent: How I Set Your Mother

12-21, 13-21, and 7-15. (or something similar) As usual, we were never really a threat to win any of them.  Still, we played well and had 1 or 2 amazing points in amongst the dross.  I had a stretch of about 5 or 6 points won with my serve, but it was not terribly effective.

Weekend update

Friday:

Haircut
Late lunch with K at Habanero's
Cleaned up the winter clothes in the closet
Bunch of ordering (maple syrup, amazon, pen supplies)
Organized art show information for WFC meeting
Dillo art show work
Fencon check for art show

Saturday:

Up at 5 a.m.
On the road at 6 a.m. to San Antonio
Pull in to hotel at 9:55 for 10 a.m. meeting
Meet K at Central Library around 1:30, do some genealogy
Wander around downtown
Dinner at Rampant Lion burgers & beers
NBA Playoffs
Sunday:

On the road around 8:30 a.m.
Pecans at Berdoll's
Breakfast in Columbus at Schobel's (fabulous French Toast) just before 11
Home around 1 p.m.
NBA Playoffs
Assemble and photograph pens for artfire

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Sunday, April 23, 2017


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Aikido Thursday Night - 4/20/17 - Wasabi Dojo

Aikido players:

Randy, John, Adam, Bao, Willie, Tabitha, and Ben (a new student)

Ukemi:

Basic stretches and a most of my falls for warm-up

The Walk:

Twice

Releases:

Not for me tonight

Techniques:

Adam and I ran through Koryu Dai Yon. Adam did much better this week than last.

Then we worked on the standing portion of Koryu Dai San.  I made it through my rep.  We made it to the third technique (out of 8) for Adam

Commentary:

None of note.

Aikido Tuesday Night - 4/18/17 - Wasabi Dojo

Aikido players:

John, Adam, Bao, and Willie

Ukemi:

Basic stretches and a few falls for warm-up

The Walk:

Not tonight

Releases:

Not tonight

Techniques:

Adam and I ran once through Koryu Dai San.  We then worked on San Kata Tanto Dori.  I made it through my reps, and we made it to the third technique for Adam.

Commentary:

None of note.

Weekend update

Friday:

Lunch with K at Habanero'sTook Boots back to mom's
Picked up loaner vehicle at McRee

Saturday:

Pancakes
Down to Galveston for tours of Elissa and El Galeon Andalucia
Lunch at Shrimp and Stuff in Galveston
NBA Playoffs

Sunday:

Late start to the day
WFC and ArmadilloCon work
Prepping pen blanks in the shop
Tumbling some rocks in the tumbler
Dinner at the in-laws
NBA Playoffs

Aikido Thursday Night - 4/13/17 - Wasabi Dojo

Aikido players:

Randy, John, Adam, Laura and Willie

Ukemi:

Basic stretches and a few falls for warm-up

The Walk:

Twice

Releases:

Worked with Laura

Techniques:

Adam and I spent  little bit of the class on Koryu Dai Yon.  We each ran through one reps.  We also worked on the bokken section of Koryu Dai San. 

Commentary:

None of note.

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Friday, April 14, 2017


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Volleyball, 0-3

Opponent: Cervaces

16-21, 13-21, and 13-15.  Close games, but we were never really a threat to win any of them.  Still, we played well and had 1 or 2 amazing points in amongst the dross.

Weekend update

Friday:

Local coin dealer with f-i-l
Late lunch with K at Habanero's
Load up truck for Spring Sparkle

Saturday:

Spring Sparkle
Lunch with mom/Gail
Turning pens/pencils.  Lots of failures

Sunday:

Pancakes
Masters golf tournament
Nap
Assemble pens/pencils

Aikido Thursday Night - 4/6/17 - Wasabi Dojo

Aikido players:

Randy, John, Adam and Willie

Ukemi:

Basic stretches and a few falls for warm-up

The Walk:

Not tonight

Releases:

Not tonight

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 jo section of Koryu Dai San.  I had the usual problem on the usual technique on the jo stuff

Commentary:

Looks like the move to a different portion of the business park will be delayed and might be to a different spot than the one we saw last week.  I guess we'll wait and see.

Volleyball, 1-2

Opponent: Passing Out

One of the perennial powerhouses in the league, they were playing with only 5 players.  We won the first game 21-19.  Lost the second 12-21 and the third 10-15.

We played pretty well.  I suffered some lapses, but made a few decent plays, too.

Weekend update

Friday:

Lunch with Sensei at La Forchetta
Oil change for the Flex
In the shop turning pens
NCAA Women's basketball

Saturday:

Out in the yard to tear up bits of a rotten deck
Slam my hand a couple of times with a hammer
Attempts at turning, no successes
Ribs barbecued by a neighbor down the street.
NCAA Men's semifinals

Sunday:

Search through tapes for desired footage/extract it
NCAA basketball