I love aikido, but I seem to keep finding reasons not to go. This time I've injured my wrist. I'm hoping it will sort itself out by the weekend because I had to miss last night as I didn't want to risk damaging it more. Even with it strapped I find I can't stop myself trying to use it. I keep trying to write, open doors and jars, then it goes ( Read more... )

After a brilliant training session on Saturday where eagle_riley and I felt like we were really getting somewhere and left feeling very energised, last night was a bit disappointing. Because I managed to forget my gi jacket (just slightly important) we ended up arriving late and missing most of the warm up sequence ( Read more... )

eagle_riley and I have now been to three training sessions of aikido. I'm getting back in to it slowly. My body is protesting at the use of muscles that haven't been pushed in certain ways for eight years ( Read more... )