Am feeling quite good about myself: can do forward rolls whilst holding a weapon, without killing/hurting myself and/or others ^___^, sadly most of the time had to roll on my bad side (the more unco one), so I can’t do the newly mastered trick of getting up on my feet straight away ( Read more... )

Aikido is still reigning supreme in my life - my first week as a 4th kyu was FUN, got to train all by myself with a white belt who looks _scared_ all the time (he did something v. silly - tried to walk out of morotedori kokyuho = almost ended up making friends with the wall… but… NOT MY FAULT as he’s been coming off and on for a while and should ( Read more... )