Tonight at Aikido Ken started us with katatetori shihonage omote focusing on the Yamaguchi Sensei shomen bokken cut and tonight we worked on some small improvements that make it really easy and powerful to do from our basic static style. Really cool stuff. The second technique was a katatetori shihonage-style kokyunage where nage, instead of grabbing with the second hand, keeps the lead hand connected to uke and following a shihonage movement, throws uke. We then spent the rest of class working up to some shihonage break-fall practice. I learned a better way to position my hips to take faster break-falls; I just now need to practice them more often. I feel my Aikido understanding has shifted to a deeper, different level that I need to explore.
In a totally unrelated note, when I was writing the title to this blog post I realized that this day in 1997 I was getting married. Funny that it totally slipped my mind. Last month I decided I would try to go on 11 dates in 11 months for 2011. I am making more of an effort, at least in Colorado Springs there are more women, but my life lately is work, Aikido, and a side project I have been doing; the web site design and development for HomeProjectHQ.com with a beta version of the website available at http://homeprojecthq.appspot.com.
I am happier now than I have ever been in my life and any future relationship and family is ideally additive in happiness. Hmm...I'm not normally this reflective but Jennifer's impact is clearly lessened significantly for me over the past decade and couple of years. My life shifts and changes and I don't know what to expect next. Aikido and everything are positive reinforcements so it's fun.
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