I'll subject you!
That crazy lass with whom I share a relationship took me out to see a movie this weekend. We saw Snakes On A Plane. Occasionally, something brilliant comes out of Hollywood, and for the forseeable future, this is it
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Next, we do no kata. Kata are kinda useless, in Aikido, we do the full techniques against a living partner every time. This is different to most other martial arts. Kata don't really enter into it.
As far as associations, AYC (Aikido Yoshinkai Canada) is only associated with the Tokyo Honbu (the world headquarters) Dojo only. There are reasons for this, but politics are dull and irrelevant anyway.
Next, losing weight and getting healthy. I would, if you are honestly obese, HIGHLY recommend you discuss this with your doctor. You'll want to get a diet from your doctor and stick to it with no cheating. Obesity is a condition which leaves you in constant peril as to your wellbeing and health. the longer you remain obese, the higher your chances of developing heart diesease, diabetes or having a stroke. Good news is, you can get into good shape before you've lost all the weight, and being in good shape makes it easier to lose wieght and SIGNIFICANTLY lowers the health dangers. If you find even walking to be exhausting, going into a martial arts class could pose an immediate health risk to you as the additional strain on an already strained heart can, you know, kill you. I'd recommend seeing your doctor asap for a diet consultation, and that every day for the next calader month get 20 mins of walking every day. At the end of the month, take it to 30 mins at least 5 days a week, make the walking brisk and try to get a few hills in if possible. After that, you'll be in way better condition than you'd think, and can get to taking things up a few notches. but, start obtainable and safe, be patient.
As far as Dojo is concerned, if you like it there, and you're comfortable and having fun, then it is the right one for you. So, don't worry, just get a bit fit, and in about two months, sign up :)
A Silver Mt. Zion were, as always, absolutely fucking amazing.
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I had bad sleep apnia when I has let myself go and was packing a bunch extra weight. I'm in good shape now, and even though I still have a bit of a gut, I don't have apnea at all anymore. Significant weight loss greatly reduces or cures the symptoms in most people. So worth it, just to get better rest if nothing else.
Yo-yo dieting is even worse than sticking to one weight, because your body will tend to store fat even more after each one. Diets don't really work anyway because they end, you have to do the lifestyle change thing, which is WAY harder at first.
As for the dullness of exercise programs, yup, I so agree. The more intelligent you are, the more that monotonous routines suck, i.e. workouts in a gym. You need an activity, like martial arts, dancing or whatever. Still, you'll have to prep your body, which means somewhat dull exercise at first (20 min walk, and daily is important), and to get through that stage of stuff, you'll need to remember the magic sentance. "That's just too fucking bad." Just use that mantra for a few weeks when the going gets dull, and then you can move on to something far more interesting. This is about lifestyle changing after all, not just going for a bit, but going for years.
Kata, well, hard to say in english, they are sets of movements. Some are solo, some are with partner, all are abstracted. There is usually minimal contact, and usually great emphasis placed on getting the movements perfect. They have strong and weak points. I also take Jodo, which is VERY kata based. We do the techniques in Aikido though, so, full contact every time, and lots of adaptation to the individual situation. It's like halfway between kata and sparring. It's kind hard to explain though, it's all sorta subtle differences.
Youshinkai is the most direct, and most applicable to real life self defence of all Aikido schools. It has the lowest (but very much non-zero) spiritual emphasis, it has by far the hardest demands for training physically and it has the most techniques that can easily be adapted from completely safe for attacker and defender to safe for defender and catastrophic for attacker. It is also the oldest of all the Aikido schools, was the first martial art to be legalized after Japans surrender and is used by the elite of the Tokyo military and police forces.
Aikikai was the final school from Osensei himself, it's probably the most elegant of all the schools, but also lots of it is very abstracted and not applicable to actual self defence. It IS a great style for self defence though, don't get me wrong. It requires no strength to perform and is also a damn good school. There are many other schools of Aikido, but those are the two best really. Look for videos on them on Youtube. You can also see some Yoshinkan stuff on our web site, www.aikido.ca
As for the difference in suffixes, that's a huge can of worms, simply, in this specific context only, ai is for school, as in the entire style as a whole, an means house, and is for a specific dojo location.
As in, I take Yoshinkai Aikido at the Aikido Yoshinkan Canada headquarters. Corn-fusing, but, not important really.
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