Some days I encounter Aikido. Today I ran into my friend BT and we made plans to practice Aikido next Monday at 5:00 Escalante Fitness Center. At a business dinner tonight at Garlic Mike's, my boss told the group about my vacation to Glenwood Springs later this month for the Aikido Summer Camp in the Rockies. Jokes about me being sent in first in any disaster made me think about how I view life and being a survivor. Martial Arts, as popularly perceived through mass (films, television, MMA) or narrow (YouTube) is not my memories of budo in the Aikido dojo.
Living Aikido is repetitive practice on the mat. Timing develops and then begins to extend into life outside and off the mat. Hopefully I'll be able to practice at least two times before driving to Colorado Mountain College. I received a final e-mail from Boulder Aikikai with final confirmation information and I'll be able to post to my blog from the Summer Camp. I want to document as much as I can teach and learn Aikido.
I am just beginner in my journey of life and the practice of budo.
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