10.15.2018

Weekend update

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 Friday Night - 10/12/18 - Clear Creek Aikido/Wasabi Dojo

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.

10.12.2018

Aikido Thursday Night - 10/11/18 - Clear Creek Aikido/Wasabi Dojo

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.

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Wednesday, October 10, 2018


Tuesday, October 09, 2018

10.10.2018

Aikido Tuesday Night - 10/9/18 - Clear Creek Aikido/Wasabi Dojo

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.

10.08.2018

Weekend update - Goodbye to Tank

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


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Saturday, October 06, 2018


Friday, October 05, 2018

10.07.2018

Aikido Friday Night – 10/5/18 – Clear Creek Aikido/Wasabi Dojo

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.

10.05.2018

Aikido Thursday Night - 10/4/18 - Clear Creek Aikido/Wasabi Dojo

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.

10.04.2018

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Tuesday, October 02, 2018


Monday, October 01, 2018

10.03.2018

Aikido Tuesday Night - 10/2/18 - Clear Creek Aikido/Wasabi Dojo

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.

10.01.2018

Weekend update

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

9.30.2018

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Friday, September 28, 2018


Thursday, September 27, 2018

9.29.2018

Aikido Friday Night - 9/28/18 - Clear Creek Aikido/Wasabi Dojo

Aikido players:

Laura and Willie

Ukemi:

Basic slaps and rolls tonight.  I actually managed to get most of a full set in tonight.

The Walk:

Twice.

Releases:

They both made it through their complete sets.

Techniques:

Willie and Laura worked on Shihonage, Tenkai Kote Hineri and Kote gaeshi.

Commentary:

None tonight.

9.28.2018

Aikido Thursday Night - 9/27/18 - Clear Creek Aikido/Wasabi Dojo

Aikido players:

Laura and Jeremy

Ukemi:

Basic slaps and rolls tonight.  Moved Jeremy up to full rolls tonight and brought out the crash pad to make certain no damage was done. He made some great progress in not collapsing his elbow

The Walk:

Three times. Bending the knees a little bit more helps on the troublesome portions of the Walk.

Releases:

The both made it through their complete sets.

Techniques:

Jeremy and Laura worked on Ushiro-ate and Shomen-ate.

Commentary:

None tonight.

9.26.2018

Aikido Tuesday Night - 9/25/18 - Clear Creek Aikido/Wasabi Dojo

Aikido players:

Laura and Jeremy

Ukemi:

Basic slaps and rolls tonight.  Moved Jeremy up to full rolls tonight and brought out the crash pad to make certain no damage was done.

The Walk:

Three times. We're still working with the mat and its affect on doing the opposite hand/foot pivot. I have a devil of a time keeping my balance when working in one direction. If we run the Walk 90 degrees of, it is much easier on that section.

Releases:

The both made it through their complete sets.

Techniques:

Jeremy and Laura worked on Ushiro-ate

Commentary:

They brought in some furniture for the seating area in the lobby. It's starting to look good.

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Monday, September 24, 2018


Sunday, September 23, 2018

9.24.2018

Weekend update - FenCon

Friday:

Drive to Dallas for FenCon
Setup my display in the Art Show
Chat with some Texas and Chicago fen in the Art Show Reception

Saturday:

Drive 30 mile to eat at the Lonesome Spur in Jenkins, Tx.
Back into the Art Show for the day
Dinner of pizza while prepping for the auction

Sunday:

Breakfast at Old West Cafe
Back into the Art Show for the day
4+ hour drive home
King Arthur Flour sandwich bread


9.22.2018

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Thursday, September 20, 2018


Wednesday, September 19, 2018

9.21.2018

Aikido Thursday Night - 9/20/18 - Clear Creek Aikido/Wasabi Dojo

Aikido players:

Willie and Laura

Ukemi:

Basic slaps and rolls tonight.  Fewer tweaked muscles on the students tonight, so we did rolls. I even got in most of my regular set tonight

The Walk:

Twice. I'm still having issues with the off-hand pivot on this new mat. The mat is bouncy enough that I have trouble with my balance on this move.

Releases:

Willie made it through his. Laura did not make it to class in time for releases.

Techniques:

Laura and Willie worked on Kote Hineri and Tankai Kote Hineri

Commentary:

We are officially in our new space! I even have a key.

9.19.2018

Aikido Tuesday Night - 9/18/18 - Wasabi Dojo

Aikido players:

Willie and Jeremy

Ukemi:

Basic slaps and rolls tonight.  Fewer tweaked muscles on the students tonight, so we did rolls.

The Walk:

Three times.  Willie came on the mat for the last bit of the third rep

Releases:

Willie made it through his, Jeremy made it through no.4.

Techniques:

Jeremy and Willie worked on Gedan-ate

Commentary:

Still waiting on official permission to use the new space.

9.18.2018

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Sunday, September 16, 2018


Saturday, September 15, 2018

9.17.2018

Weekend update

Friday:

Aikido

Saturday:

Oil change for truck
Inspection for truck
Lowes and Home Depot, returning items unused at the rental, lock change
Football
Nap
Dinner at El Centinela with K.
Football

Sunday:

Over at rental to handoff sofas and table to letgo person
Football
King Arthur Flour sandwich bread

Aikido Friday Night - 9/14/18 - Wasabi Dojo

Aikido players:

Willie and Jeremy

Ukemi:

Basic slaps and rolls tonight.  Fewer tweaked muscles on the students tonight, so we did rolls.

The Walk:

Three times.  Jeremy and I had some issues.  I blame it on being distracted, thinking ahead. 

Releases:

Willie and Jeremy worked on 5-8.

Techniques:

Jeremy worked on no. 3.  Willie worked on no. 10

Commentary:

Still waiting on official permission to use the new space. 

Aikido Thursday Night - 9/13/18 - Wasabi Dojo

Aikido players:

Jeremy

Ukemi:

Just the basic slaps tonight.

The Walk:

Twice.

Releases:

We worked through Jeremy's 8.

Techniques:

Jeremy worked on no. 3.

Commentary:

Still waiting on official permission to use the new space.

9.14.2018

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Wednesday, September 12, 2018


Tuesday, September 11, 2018

9.12.2018

Aikido Tuesday Night - 9/11/18 - Wasabi Dojo

Aikido players:

Laura and Jeremy

Ukemi:

Basic ukemi pratice tonight.  We were in the new building, even though we are not supposed to be in there yet.   We did do the basic warm-up slaps.  Laura and I did a couple of "laps" of rolls.  Jeremy has a sore neck, so rolls were off-limits for him.

The Walk:

Once.

Releases:

Jeremy and Laura worked together.  They got all 8 in.

Techniques:

Jeremy worked on no. 3.  Laura worked on Kote Gaeshi with me.

Commentary:

Still waiting on official permission to use the new space.  C'mon, Pearland!  We have almost emptied the old space

9.11.2018

Weekend update

Friday:

Aikido

Saturday:

Blueberry muffins
Banking
Rental for various tasks
Nap
Dinner at El Centinela with K.

Sunday:

Mix up cookies for baking during open house
Arrive early at request of potential buyers
Back home, mix up carrot cake
Back for open house
Pizza at rental
Get offer from early potential buyers
A couple of other visitors during open house

9.10.2018

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Saturday, September 08, 2018


Friday, September 07, 2018

9.07.2018

Aikido Thursday Night - 9/6/18 - Wasabi Dojo

Aikido players:

Laura and Jeremy

Ukemi:

No ukemi practice tonight.  Jeremy's nursing a rib injury, so we're taking it easy.  We did do the basic warm-up slaps.

The Walk:

Twice

Releases:

All 8 for both folks.

Techniques:

Shomen-ate and Aigamae-ate for Jeremy.  Waki gatamae and Kote Hineri for Laura.  I served as uke for Laura's set.

Commentary:

We were in the new space tonight.  Final mat dimensions have been set.  Painting is in progress.  Not certain where we stand on permits.

9.06.2018

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Tuesday, September 04, 2018


Monday, September 03, 2018

9.05.2018

Aikido Tuesday Night - 9/4/18 - Wasabi Dojo

Aikido players:

Willie  and Laura

Ukemi:

Basic ukemi pratice tonight.  We were in the new building, even though we are not supposed to be in there yet.   We did do the basic warm-up slaps.

The Walk:

Twice.

Releases:

Willie and Laura worked together.  They got all 8 in.

Techniques:

Willie and Laura worked on 1-9.  Minor bobbles on a couple of them.  Lookin' pretty good.

Commentary:

Still waiting on official permission to use the new space.  C'mon, Pearland!

9.04.2018

Weekend update

Friday:

Aikido

Saturday:

Rain
Up early for an open house at the charity house
Baking snickerdoodles to make the place smell homey
No visitors for the open house
Nap
Dinner at El Centinela with K.

Sunday:

Rain
Mix up sandwich bread
Harry Potter marathon
Nap

Monday:

Rain
French toast with the homemade bread
Baseball, Harry Potter
Chainmaille


Aikido Friday Night - 8/31/18 - Wasabi Dojo

Aikido players:

Jeremy

Ukemi:

No ukemi practice tonight.  We did do the basic warm-up slaps.

The Walk:

Twice

Releases:

Started at 5 and made it through 8.

Techniques:

Shomen-ate and Aigamae-ate

Commentary:

Still in the old space tonight.  We may be in there space for another 3 weeks.  Tough to tell.

9.02.2018

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Friday, August 31, 2018


Thursday, August 30, 2018

8.31.2018

Aikido Thursday Night - 8/30/18 - Wasabi Dojo

Aikido players:

Jeremy

Ukemi:

No ukemi practice tonight.  We did do the basic warm-up slaps.

The Walk:

Three times

Releases:

We made it through number 5.

Techniques:

Shomen-ate

Commentary:

We were back in the old space tonight.  We may be in there space for another 3 weeks.  Tough to tell.

8.29.2018

Aikido Tuesday Night - 8/28/18 - Wasabi Dojo

Aikido players:

Willie,  and Jeremy

Ukemi:

Basic ukemi pratice tonight.  We were in the new building, even though we are not supposed to be in there yet.   We did do the basic warm-up slaps.

The Walk:

Twice

Releases:

Willie and Jeremy worked together.  They worked on 5-8..

Techniques:

Willie and Jeremy worked on Gyaku gamae ate

Commentary:

Still waiting on official permission to use the new space.  C'mon, Pearland!

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Monday, August 27, 2018


Sunday, August 26, 2018

8.27.2018

Weekend update

Friday:

Aikido
Dinner at Joe's with K and the in-laws

Saturday:

Up early for a garage sale at the charity house
Banking
Nap
Aikido video watching
Dinner at El Centinela with K.

Sunday:

Mix and fry Buttermilk Bar Doughnuts.
Mix up Chocolate Chip cookies
Over to the charity house for an Open House
Bake cookies at charity house to make the house smell amazing
Just two visitors for the Open House

Aikido Friday Night - 8/24/18 - Wasabi Dojo

Aikido players:

Willie

Ukemi:

No ukemi practice tonight.  All of the good mat is over in the new space, leaving just some 1" foam to fall on.   We did do the basic warm-up slaps.

The Walk:

Twice

Releases:

We made it through all of Willie's.

Techniques:

We worked on Tenkai Kote Hineri.

Commentary:

Hopefully we'll be in the new space by Labor Day!

8.25.2018

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Friday, August 24, 2018


Thursday, August 23, 2018

8.24.2018

Aikido Thursday Night - 8/23/18 - Wasabi Dojo

Aikido players:

Laura and Jeremy

Ukemi:

No ukemi practice tonight.  All of the good mat is over in the new space, leaving just some 1" foam to fall on.   We did do the basic warm-up slaps.

The Walk:

Twice

Releases:

Jeremy and Laura made it through all of hers and through number 5 for Jeremy.

Techniques:

No techniques tonight.  We finished up the evening with some walking practice: trying not to lift toes off the mat while "falling" across the mat.

Commentary:

Still waiting on permits for the new space.  C'mon, Pearland!

8.22.2018

Aikido Tuesday Night - 8/21/18 - Wasabi Dojo

Aikido players:

Willie, Laura, and Jeremy

Ukemi:

No ukemi practice tonight.  All of the good mat is over in the new space, leaving just some 1" foam to fall on.   We did do the basic warm-up slaps.

The Walk:

Three times

Releases:

Willie and Jeremy worked together.  When they got to the fifth release, Laura took Willie's place.

Techniques:

Laura worked on Ude gaeshi with me, and then went on worked on 2 and 3 with Jeremy.

Willie worked with me on Kote hineri

Commentary:

Still waiting on permits for the new space.  C'mon, Pearland!

8.20.2018

Weekend update

Friday:

Aikido

Saturday:

Flex in for an oil change
Dig up unwanted trees in the orchard area
Ant Man and the Wasp as a birthday celebration movie for my sister
Dinner at Mamacita's as a retirement celebration for Linda
Dropped by the charity house to see if the renters had left

Sunday:

Over to the charity house to get it ready for sale
Nap
Chainmaille work
Over to the rental to take some more pictures

Aikido Friday Night - 8/17/18 - Wasabi Dojo

Aikido players:

Laura and Jeremy

Ukemi:

No ukemi practice tonight.  All of the good mat is over in the new space, leaving just some 1" foam to fall on.   We did do the basic warm-up slaps.

The Walk:

Three times

Releases:

Laura and Jeremey made it through all of them.

Techniques:

We worked on Gyaku gamae ate and then I had Jeremy alternate between Shomen-ate and Gyaku gamae ate and he did really well.

Commentary:

Still waiting on permits for the new space.  C'mon, Pearland!

8.17.2018

Aikido Thursday Night - 8/16/18 - Wasabi Dojo

Aikido players:

Jeremy

Ukemi:

No ukemi practice tonight.  All of the good mat is over in the new space, leaving just some 1" foam to fall on.   We did do the basic warm-up slaps.

The Walk:

Three times

Releases:

Jeremy and I made it through the first 6 of the set.

Techniques:

We worked on Gyaku gamae ate.

Commentary:

Still waiting on permits for the new space.  C'mon, Pearland!

8.15.2018

Aikido Tuesday Night - 8/14/18 - Wasbi Dojo

Aikido players:

Willie, Laura, and Jeremy

Ukemi:

No ukemi practice tonight.  All of the good mat is over in the new space, leaving just some 1" foam to fall on.   We did do the basic warm-up slaps.

The Walk:

Three times

Releases:

We did a bit of a cycle for releases:  Laura worked through hers with me, while Willie worked with Jeremy.  Willie then worked through his with me while Laura worked with Jeremy some more.

Techniques:

We had a bit of a Blum line for Shomen-ate and Aigamae-ate.

Commentary:

Still waiting on permits for the new space.  C'mon, Pearland!

8.14.2018

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Sunday, August 12, 2018


Saturday, August 11, 2018

8.13.2018

Weekend update

Friday:

ELO concert at Toyota Center

Saturday:

Blueberry muffins
Banking
Nap
Dinner at El Centinela with K

Sunday:

Edged the long street edge
Cookies
Nap
Golf
Mowed the charity house

Aikido Thursday Night - 8/9/18 - Wasabi Dojo

Aikido players:

Jeremy

Ukemi:

No ukemi practice tonight.  All of the good mat is over in the new space, leaving just some 1" foam to fall on. 

The Walk:

Three times, plus extras

Releases:

Jeremy and I worked on the first 4.

Techniques:

We worked on Gyaku gamae-ate.

Commentary:

None tonight.

Aikido Tuesday Night - 8/7/18 - Wasabi Dojo

Aikido players:

Willie and Jeremy

Ukemi:

No ukemi practice tonight.  All of the good mat is over in the new space, leaving just some 1" foam to fall on. 

The Walk:

Three times

Releases:

Willie and Jeremy worked on the first 4.

Techniques:

We worked on Gyaku gamae-ate.

Commentary:

None tonight.

Weekend update - ArmadilloCon

Thursday:

Up early and on the road to Austin for ArmadilloCon
Check in to the Omni
Offload
Aikido at Aikido of Austin
Loung by the pool
Dinner at Fonda San Miguel
Set up the Art Show

Friday:

Breakfast at Kerby Lane
Into the Art Show for hanging art

Saturday:

Breakfast at Magnolia Cafe
Into the Art Show
Dinner at Marianna's

Sunday:

Breakfast at the hotel
Into the Art Show
Art Show teardown
Dinner at County Line
Prep for mail-out

Monday:

Up early to drop mail off at UPS, FedEx and USPS
Stop at Berdoll's for pecans
Unload truck
crash

8.10.2018

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Wednesday, August 08, 2018


Tuesday, August 07, 2018

8.06.2018

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Saturday, August 04, 2018


Friday, August 03, 2018

8.02.2018

Aikido Thursday Afternoon - 8/2/18 - Aikido of Austin

Aikido players:

A bunch of folks whose names I don't remember, plus Laura.

Ukemi:

No ukemi warm-up as is usual for this dojo

The Walk:

N/A

Releases:

N/A

Techniques:

A mae-otoshi work alike plus a Gyaku gamae-ate work alike both from double hand grabs.

Commentary:

My annual visit to this dojo (the home dojo for Laura D., a good friend of mine) when I visit Austin for ArmadilloCon.

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Tuesday, July 31, 2018


Monday, July 30, 2018

8.01.2018

Aikido Tuesday Night - 7/31/18 - Wasabi Dojo

Aikido players:

Willie

Ukemi:

No ukemi practice tonight.  All of the good mat is over in the new space, leaving just some 1" foam to fall on.  I made the decision to limit the falls Willie took during the evening.

The Walk:

Three times

Releases:

Willie worked on his set.

Techniques:

We worked on Hiki Taoshi all evening.

Commentary:

None tonight.

7.30.2018

Weekend update

Friday:

no Aikido

Saturday:

Blueberry muffins
Attempted haircut
Confirmed fence measurements
Banking
Fence supply pickup
Quotes for paint job for truck
Car wash for Flex
Nap
Chainmaille necklace work
ArmadilloCon work
Dinner at El Centinela's with K.


Sunday:

Fence work at the rental
Fuddrucker hamburger buns
Blueberry cobbler
Jungle Book on TV
Chainmaille necklace work
Peach cobbler
Jumanji on TV
ArmadilloCon work

7.29.2018

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Friday, July 27, 2018


Thursday, July 26, 2018

7.27.2018

Aikido Thursday Night - 7/26/18 - Wasabi Dojo

Aikido players:

Jeremy

Ukemi:

I watched over Jeremy.

The Walk:

Twice.  Plus extras.

Releases:

Jeremy and I worked on 1-4.

Techniques:

We did a little work on Shomen-ate.

Commentary:

None tonight.

7.25.2018

Aikido Tuesday Night - 7/24/18 - Wasabi Dojo

Aikido players:

Jeremy

Ukemi:

I watched over Jeremy.

The Walk:

Twice.  Plus extras.

Releases:

Jeremy and I worked on 1-4.

Techniques:

We did not manage to fit in any techniques.

Commentary:

None tonight.

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Monday, July 23, 2018


Sunday, July 22, 2018

7.24.2018

Aikido Friday Night - 7/20/18 - Wasabi Dojo

Aikido players:

Willie

Ukemi:

I got in a full set tonight.

The Walk:

Twice.

Releases:

Willie and I worked on his set.

Techniques:

We worked on 7.

Commentary:

None tonight.

Aikido Tuesday Night - 7/17/18 - Wasabi Dojo

Aikido players:

Laura

Ukemi:

I got in a full set tonight.

The Walk:

Twice.

Releases:

Laura and I worked on his set.

Techniques:

We worked on 7 and 8.

Commentary:

None tonight.

7.21.2018

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Thursday, July 19, 2018


Wednesday, July 18, 2018

7.17.2018

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Sunday, July 15, 2018


Saturday, July 14, 2018

7.13.2018

Aikido Thursday Night - 7/12/18 - Wasabi Dojo

Aikido players:

Willie

Ukemi:

I got in a full set tonight.

The Walk:

Twice.

Releases:

Willie and I worked on his set.

Techniques:

We worked on 1-3.

Commentary:

None tonight.

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Wednesday, July 11, 2018


Tuesday, July 10, 2018

7.11.2018

Aikido Tuesday Night - 7/10/18 - Wasabi Dojo

Aikido players:

Willie and Jeremy

Ukemi:

None for me.  Watched over the students.

The Walk:

Twice

Releases:

Willie and Jeremy worked on the last 4

Techniques:

They got to work on Aigamae-ate for the rest of class

Commentary:

We had a teenage girl and her parents in the audience.  She may become a student, but I would not say the odds were high.

7.09.2018

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Saturday, July 07, 2018


Friday, July 06, 2018

7.07.2018

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

Aikido players:

Laura and Willie

Ukemi:

None for me.  Watched over the students

The Walk:

Twice

Releases:

Laura and Willie worked on all 8

Techniques:

They got to work on Kotegaeshi for the rest of class

Commentary:

We're probably moving to a much bigger space by the end of the month.  Will have a gymnastics floor, supposedly.

Aikido Thursday Night - 7/5/18 - Wasabi Dojo

Aikido players:

Laura and Jeremy

Ukemi:

None for me.  Watched over Jeremy

The Walk:

Three times

Releases:

Laura and Jeremy worked on 5-8

Techniques:

They got to work on Shomen-ate (left side) for the final bit of class

Commentary:

None of note.

7.05.2018

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Tuesday, July 03, 2018


Monday, July 02, 2018

7.04.2018

Weekend update

Friday:

Restart starter
Pickup plywood and glue at HD
Aikido

Saturday:

Refresh starter
Pick up part for truck at Ford
Blueberry pancakes
Work on new case for Ron
Mow the yard
Over to Aunt Gail's to help with computer and TV
Dinner at El Centinela's with K.
Refresh starter

Sunday:

Refresh starter
More work on the case
nap

Aikido Tuesday Night - 7/3/18 - Wasabi Dojo

Aikido players:

Willie and Jeremy

Ukemi:

None for me.  Watched over Jeremy

The Walk:

Three times

Releases:

Willie and Jeremy worked on 1-4

Techniques:

They got to work on Shomen-ate for the final bit of class

Commentary:

None of note.

Aikido Friday Night - 6/29/18 - Wasabi Dojo

Aikido players:

Willie and Laura

Ukemi:

Partial set for me

The Walk:

Twice

Releases:

Willie and Laura worked through theirs

Techniques:

They worked on 12 all night

Commentary:

None of note.

Aikido Thursday Night - 6/28/18 - Wasabi Dojo

Aikido players:

Willie and Laura

Ukemi:

Partial set for me

The Walk:

Twice

Releases:

Willie and Laura Worked through theirs

Techniques:

They worked on 14 all night

Commentary:

None of note.

Aikido Tuesday Night - 6/26/18 - Wasabi Dojo

Aikido players:

Willie

Ukemi:

Full set for me

The Walk:

Twice

Releases:

Willie worked through his

Techniques:

Willie worked on 13 all night

Commentary:

None of note.

7.01.2018

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Friday, June 29, 2018


Thursday, June 28, 2018

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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Monday, June 25, 2018


Sunday, June 24, 2018

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.

6.15.2018

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Wednesday, June 13, 2018


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6.11.2018

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6.07.2018

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6.03.2018

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Friday, June 01, 2018


Thursday, May 31, 2018

5.30.2018

Aikido Tuesday Night - 5/29/18 - Wasabi Dojo

Aikido players:

Jeremy

Ukemi:

Not tonight

The Walk:

Multiple times.  Worked on getting Jeremy through the entire walk before he goes off to New Jersey for military stuff for a month..

Releases:

Not tonight

Techniques:

Not tonight

Commentary:

None of note.

Weekend update

Friday:

Dinner with some former coworkers at El Centinela

Saturday:

Up at 3:55 to catch a flight to Denver
Landed, picked up a rental and drove to Colorado Springs
Helped out at a family reunion for a branch of the family with which my branch has not been in touch for about 140 years.

Sunday:

Up at 4:30 to drive back to Denver for the flight home
Back home at 2 p.m.
Mowed the charity house
Pizza for dinner

Monday:

Up at 4:45 to go pick blueberries
Picked 30 pounds of blueberries
Nap
Baked angel food cake and Garlic Knot Rolls
Steak for dinner
Watched the first half of the Rockets game

Aikido Thursday Night - 5/24/18 - Wasabi Dojo

Aikido players:

Laura, Willie, and Jeremy

Ukemi:

Warm-up slaps and intro to rolling

The Walk:

Twice.

Releases:

Jeremy worked on the first four releases. And Laura and Willie did theirs

Techniques:

Did some more intro into Shomen-ate with Jeremy.  Laura and Willie worked on 14-11.

Commentary:

None of note.

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Monday, May 28, 2018


Sunday, May 27, 2018

5.26.2018

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Thursday, May 24, 2018


Wednesday, May 23, 2018

5.24.2018

Aikido Tuesday Night - 5/22/18 - Wasabi Dojo

Aikido players:

Jeremy

Ukemi:

Warm-up slaps and intro to rolling

The Walk:

3 times.

Releases:

Jeremy worked on the first four releases.

Techniques:

Did some intro into Shomen-ate.

Commentary:

None of note.

5.22.2018

Weekend update

Friday:

Aikido

Saturday:

Blueberry muffins
Haircut
Sort pennies
Dinner with K at El Centinela
NBA Playoffs

Sunday:

Sorting coins
Reading a Robin Hobb novel
NBA Playoffs

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Saturday, May 19, 2018

5.21.2018

Aikido Friday Night - 5/18/18 - Wasabi Dojo

Aikido players:

Laura and Willie

Ukemi:

Warm-up slaps and roll-outs

The Walk:

Twice.

Releases:

They worked on 8-5

Techniques:

11 and 12 were the techniques of the night

Commentary:

None of note.