I haven’t been to aikido in a month. First, it was because of my pulled groin muscle. Then I thought it was healed, but it wasn’t really, so I stayed home a little while longer. Then I got a nasty cold, and that kept me away for another couple of weeks. Now I’m to the point where any conditioning I’d already achieved has long since gone, and I’m kind of afraid to just jump back into class. Every single solitary class has kicked my ass so far, save maybe one or two, and I know I’ll get my ass handed to me whenever I go back.
Still… as I’ve mentioned, I *am* paying for this. If I go more than twice a week, I’m getting a deal. If I go twice a week, I’m getting my money’s worth. If I don’t go at all, I’m wiping my ass with it.
I don’t want to be a quitter. I could go tomorrow morning… but let’s shoot for Saturday morning, shall we? I took a 45-minute walk this morning, after a couple weeks of being completely sedentary, so if I can keep that up and add to my activity level for the next few days…
Oh, who am I kidding? I’m just stalling. As per usual.
Don’t worry, dear readers: I’ll soon have another tale of aikido kicking my ass. I know you like those, you sadists, you. 😉
Yep. Sadists.
But then, I’m learning aikido as well so that makes me a masochist.
Nothing but a collection of neuroses. 🙂
The Walk is an 88-step “kata” that we use to introduce, in essence, all of the motions that are used in aikido. Footwork, hand motions and center movement. It is a Tomiki-ryu teaching tool.
We’ve got a video of it up on our website. Go to http://www.clearlakeaikido.com. Choose Gallery and then page 01 of videos.
I didn’t find a version on youtube. Maybe I’ll try to put ours up there at some point.