Aikido for 2/28/2009

I showed up at the Gunnison Community Center and was told that a large birthday party was occurring in the multiple-purpose room. After Jake arrived, we decided to go over and practice in at Escalante Fitness Center. After warming-up, we decided to do a 1000 bokken cut class starting with the basic shomen cut for the first 200 cuts, the second 200 cuts were done with a ten-kan shomen cut, the third 200 cuts were a yokomen-uchi cut (these 200 cuts hurt me the most), the forth 200 cuts were tsuki cuts, and the final 200 cuts were again basic shomen cut. We rested for about 10-15 seconds between each 100 cuts and after 500, took a water break but completing the last 200 cuts without stopping. The entire 1000 cuts took about 35 minutes. This is actually the first time I have done such a work-out and I am not as sore as I thought I would be. After the 1000 cuts, Jake and I worked on 1-3 paired bokken katas before bowing out at the end of class. We talked about the next time we have 1000 bokken cut class and we will not stop as many times.