6.28.2018

Aikido Sunday Afternoon - 6/24/18 - Windsong Dojo

I went to this class to work with Adam, the student from Wasabi who recently moved up to Stillwater.

We spent the 1 1/2 hour class working on the Double Bokken portion of Koryu Dai San.  We made it all of the way through.  At least touched on each technique.  We got stuck on the last one.  We even referenced Nick's youtube video and were unable to make it through the technique.

The next to last move by tori in Nick's video makes no sense to me.  Nick blocks a downward strike from uke with the cut coming down on his right side.  When uke reloads for another strike, Nick moves to his right, moving across uke's line of cut and makes a strike to uke's left temple.

To me, crossing the line of strike in that situation is unwise.  I think the better approach would be to make the block with the strike on the left side of the body and then make the same cut to uke's temple.

But, I am still trying to figure this technique out.

Aikido Thursday Afternoon - 6/21/18 - Windsong Dojo

I was up in Oklahoma City for a convention and, as I always do, I stopped by Nick's dojo for the midday class.

They ran through stretches and falls, and then the Walk.  At that point will split up to work on individual items.  Jim (Dojo Cho) asked what I wanted to work on.  I said the double bokken portion of Koryu Dai San.  He paired me up with Brad and we worked through a bunch of it.  I think we made it through 6 techniques.

We then ended class and I went back to the convention.

6.27.2018

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6.18.2018

Aikido Thursday Night - 6/14/18 - Wasabi Dojo

Aikido players:

Willie and Laura

This is a placeholder to record attendance.  It's been a rough stretch with allergies

Aikido Tuesday Night - 6/12/18 - Wasabi Dojo

Aikido players:

Willie and Laura

This is a placeholder to record attendance.  It's been a rough stretch with allergies

Aikido Thursday Night - 6/7/18 - Wasabi Dojo

Aikido players:

Willie and Laura

This is a placeholder to record attendance.  It's been a rough stretch with allergies

Aikido Tuesday Night - 6/5/18 - Wasabi Dojo

Aikido players:

Willie and Laura

This is a placeholder to record attendance.  It's been a rough stretch with allergies

6.16.2018

Strider, RIP, 2009-2018

Kim found Strider this morning when she checked on him at 2 a.m. 
He'd had a rough couple of weeks after we discovered a very swollen toe. The vet amputated the toe about 3 weeks ago and we thought he was healing. But, about a week ago, he stopped eating much. We took him to the vet yesterday afternoon and they gave him an antibiotic and appetite enhancer, but it was apparently too late.

I spent every night for the past 3 weeks sleeping in the same room as Strider, to keep him company while he healed. I'm not much company while I'm asleep, but I hope he knew I was there to keep an eye on him.

We picked Strider up from League City Animal Control in late 2009, I think. (He was known as Traveler at the pound.) I think as a companion for either Mercuri or Vlad. We brought him home and into our household, but shortly thereafter he had to spend some time at the vet because of kennel cough or pneumonia.

He was an even-keeled cat, not a real loverboy, but, as you can see by the picture, he liked to keep Ella company. He would also ride on my shoulders on occasion. I would also toss him onto the bed for a gymnastic workout from time to time.

On weekend afternoons, as I napped on the sofa, he could often be found on the window ledge behind the sofa, asleep. I'd reach up and give him a good belly rub from time to time.

His other names around the house were: Strider-Bug, Bug, or Bug-Bug.

I wish his last day had not been so stressful. He was the angriest at the vet that he had ever been. He actually hissed at the vet and the tech, something he'd never done before. He got two shots and a pill and was not happy.

I wish we'd known.

Kim and I are devastated.

He's buried in the backyard.

He was, and is, loved.

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