The musings of a weary mind. Conversations on aikido, gardening, cooking, travel and, maybe, woodworking.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi - 4
I really enjoyed this installment and I'll be happy to see it again when my wife gets some time in her schedule. Some of the dialogue really felt natural and one of the reveals in the battle was unexpected, but foreshadowed.
This might be number two on my list of favorite SW films, behind Empire.
Aikido players:
John, Adam, and Laura
Ukemi:
Not for me tonight.
The Walk:
Not tonight.
Releases:
Not tonight.
Techniques:
Adam
uked for Laura on 1-14. They only got through 1-3.
Commentary:
Last night of aikido for the year. I just watched, did not even dress out, after the heavy rotyation of ukeing.
Aikido players:
John, Adam, and Laura
Ukemi:
Not tonight.
The Walk:
Not tonight.
Releases:
Not tonight.
Techniques:
Adam
had his Sandan demonstration and it went well. There was one jo technique that he missed some hand positions on, but after the demo he tried it again and nailed it.
A nice demo. I hope to have the video up in a while
Commentary:
John's mom and wife were there as well as Adam's parents.
Aikido players:
John, Adam, and Laura
Ukemi:
Normal slaps and rolls.
The Walk:
Not tonight.
Releases:
Not tonight.
Techniques:
Adam
and I worked on his Sandan demonstration material. It went really well.
Laura and I did some hand randori.
Commentary:
Adam's demonstration for Sandan is Thursday.
Thor: Ragnarok - 3
I'm not sorry I paid money to see it, but I wold not pay money to see it again.
Jeff Goldblum's character annoyed me to bits. It might have worked with a different actor.
Does Jeff have too much baggage from previous movies for me? From apartment commercials? Probably.
The rest of the movie was ok.
Coco - 4
I really enjoyed this movie and would gladly see it again. As long as the Frozen "short" could be skipped.
A very enjoyable movie, but I got dragged down by the long (21 minute) visit to the world of Frozen.
Bladerunner 2049 - 4
I really enjoyed this movie and would gladly see it again. With earplugs.
Really.
There were times that my wife and I had to cover our ears the sound level was so high. I don't know if it was the theatre's fault, or the movies.
I enjoyed the follow-up to the original storyline and quickly fell back into the milieu.
Aikido players:
John, Adam, and Laura
Ukemi:
Light warm-up
The Walk:
Not tonight
Releases:
Not tonight
Techniques:
Adam
and I worked on his Koryu Dai Yon. No major issues.
Adam
and I worked on his Koryu Dai San. This was a very rough session. We blamed it on the fact that he was wearing a white gi instead of his normal blue. The blue gi is being altered for the upcoming demo.
Really, there were a number of issues throughout the run-through. Some of them were "where did that come from". Stuff he'd never messed up or weird ways of messing up.
We chalked it up to pre-demo jitters and we'll see how Tuesday goes.
Commentary:
Adam's demo is set for Thursday, Dec. 14.
Aikido players:
John, Adam, and Laura
Ukemi:
Normal slaps and rolls.
The Walk:
Not tonight.
Releases:
Not tonight.
Techniques:
Adam
and I worked on his Koryu Dai San. It was pretty good, with the usual suspects being problems: kneeling kote gaeshi, kneeling shihonage.
Laura then uked for Koryu Dai Yon.
Commentary:
Had a bit of an issue with some precursors to migraines. I was afraid I would not be able to make it through class. I made it through one rep of the techniques and then went to the sidelines.
Aikido players:
Adam, Laura, Willie, and Tabitha
Ukemi:
Normal slaps and rolls.
The Walk:
Twice.
Releases:
Willie and Tabitha worked together.
Techniques:
Willie and Tabitha worked together.
Adam
and I worked on his Koryu Dai San. We did not really have too many
issue. Adam took it easy on my wrist on the troublesome techniques, so
the techniques were not as solid as they could have been, but they were
close enough that I took the throws to save my joints.
Adam and I then supervised the rest of W&T's workout.
Commentary:
None of note
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