Aikido players:
Willie and Laura
Ukemi:
Basic slaps and rolls tonight. I got a complete set in before the students arrived. We spent some extra time on Laura's big falls.
The Walk:
Twice.
Releases:
Willie and Laura got through all of them.
Techniques:
They worked on Gyaku Gamae-ate and Kote Hineri.
Commentary:
None tonight.
Friday:
Aikido
Saturday:
Get lumber for bokken display
Work on bokken display
Yardwork
Football
Nap
Over to mom's for genealogy
Dinner at El Centinela with K.
Dream bars
Sunday:
Kolache
Football
Nap
Spray poison ivy
Aikido players:
Willie
Ukemi:
Basic slaps and rolls tonight. I got most of mine in tonight.
The Walk:
Twice.
Releases:
We did them all tonight.
Techniques:
Willie worked on Tenkai Kote Hineri, and Gedan-ate. .
Commentary:
None tonight.
Aikido players:
Willie, and Laura
Ukemi:
Basic slaps and rolls tonight. I got a few of mine in before the students arrived.
The Walk:
Twice.
Releases:
We did just the even numbers tonight.
Techniques:
Everyone worked on Gedan-ate. Then I called out random techniques to have them do and they did really well. At the end I had them do Gedan-ate and Aigamae-ate left-sided
Commentary:
They did well enough that there's just one thing in the way of promotion: falls for Kote Gaeshi.
Friday:
No Aikido
Work on design for bokken display
Saturday:
Work on design for bokken display
Yardwork
Football
Nap
Dinner at El Centinela with K.
Sunday:
Attempts at making the bokken display
Baking: King Arthur loaves
Football
Nap
Tank is gone. We put him down on Friday, October 5, 2018.
He'd reached the point where, we think, he had a brain tumor and the boy we'd known was no longer around. He was not able to walk in a straight line, just tight circles to the left. We really had to work hard to get him to eat and he know no longer knew whether he was inside to know where it was the right place to pee or poop.
We were there with him at the end and he's buried in the backyard. He joins: Pypn, Avalon, Hobeaux, Ella, and Strider in the memorial area.
I had been looking for a cat to add to our menagerie and discovered Vlad down at a rescue facility in Kingsville. As a lark, I checked out their dogs in case they had one who would be a good match for Jack. I saw Tank (then called Tinker) on the web and called Kim in to take a look. I don't remember if I called down there or not, but we loaded Jack into his carrier and made the trip down south.
We arrived in Kingsville and I went to look at Vlad. We asked them to brink Tank up (he was fostered at a nearby home). By the time I'd decided on Vlad, Tank was at the facility. He and Jack did well together, but Tank was not a big fan of me. A fan of Kim, but not me.
After a little socializing and discussion, we decided we wanted to bring Tank home.
Animal Rescue of Kingsville had a policy at that time that anyone rescuing a dog had to have a fenced in yard. We, at that time, did not but it was in the works. After considering that we lived in Houston and that we'd been conscientious enough to bring Jack down to meet him, they agreed to let us take him home.
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| This is one of the earliest pictures I have of him. |
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| One of the last pictures of Tank |
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| The closest to The Roach that we have. |
Aikido players:
Willie, Laura, and Jeremy
Ukemi:
Basic slaps and rolls tonight. I got none of mine in.
The Walk:
Twice.
Releases:
We did just the odd numbers tonight.
Techniques:
Everyone worked on Gedan-ate.
Commentary:
None tonight.
Aikido players:
Laura, and Jeremy
Ukemi:
Basic slaps and rolls tonight. I got none of mine in.
The Walk:
Twice.
Releases:
Laura and Jeremy made it through all of theirs.
Techniques:
Laura and Kim spent the evening on Aigamae-ate.
Commentary:
None tonight.
Friday:
Aikido
Saturday:
Yardwork
Football
Nap
Went to the Astros Watch Party at Minute Maid Park
Games lasted 4+ hours and we did not get home until around 12:30 a.m. as there was some construction on I-45 S.
Sunday:
Baking: poppyseed and cinnamon braids, banana bread, pumpkin pie
Football
Nap
Baseball
Aikido players:
Kim, and Jeremy
Ukemi:
Basic slaps and rolls tonight. I got none of mine in.
The Walk:
Twice.
Releases:
Kim and Jeremy made it through all of theirs.
Techniques:
Jeremy and Kim spent the evening on Ushiro-ate.
Commentary:
None tonight.
Aikido players:
Willie, Laura, and Jeremy
Ukemi:
Basic slaps and rolls tonight. I got none of mine in.
The Walk:
Twice.
Releases:
All made it through all of theirs.
Techniques:
Willie and Laura spent the evening on Aigamae-ate. Jeremy and I spent the evening on Ushiro-ate.
Commentary:
None tonight.
Aikido players:
Willie and Laura
Ukemi:
Basic slaps and rolls tonight. I got a good portion of mine in. She took some big falls at the end of class.
The Walk:
Twice.
Releases:
Both made it through all of theirs.
Techniques:
We spent the evening on Aigamae-ate. Did some work at one-step and then at three-step
Commentary:
None tonight.
Friday:
Worked from home
Closed on the sale of the charity/rental house
Put Tank to sleep
Aikido
Refreshed sourdough starter
Saturday:
Yardwork
Worked on Sourdough and Saturday Overnight Blond
Football
Baseball
Nap
Dinner at El Centinela with K.
Football
Sunday:
Sourdough and Saturday Overnight Blond
Football
Baseball
Nap
Dinner with K at Joe's
Walk with Jack
Football
Aikido players:
Willie and Laura
Ukemi:
Basic slaps and rolls tonight. I got a good portion of mine in, but watched over Laura as she was feeling a bit off. She then wanted to take some big falls.
The Walk:
Twice.
Releases:
Both made it through 5-8.
Techniques:
I had them start at 1 and work up. They made it through 1, 3, and 5.
Commentary:
None tonight.
Aikido players:
Jeremy and Cat (sp?) (new student)
Ukemi:
Basic slaps and rolls tonight.
The Walk:
Twice. Plus another more instructional run-through
Releases:
We made ti through the firt two.
Techniques:
We did a little work on "Punch The Dummy" (tm) and then some work on walking on the mat.
Commentary:
None tonight.
Aikido players:
Jeremy and Willie
Ukemi:
Basic slaps and rolls tonight. I actually managed to get a full set in tonight.
The Walk:
Twice.
Releases:
Willie made it through his complete sets.
Techniques:
Willie on Shihonage and Shomenate. Jeremy joined class late and did a little work on Shomenate
Commentary:
None tonight.
Friday:
Aikido
Saturday:
Blueberry muffins
Rain
Football
Nap
Dinner at El Centinela with K.
Football
Sunday:
Brunch at Birraporetti's with K, C, and J
Football
King Arthur Flour sandwich bread
Banana bread
Brownies with ganache
