Linda Eskin Writes About Aikido, Learning, Training, Discovery, and Connection
Four limericks I posted in this AikiWeb thread: “Limerick Challenge” There once was a sensei named DaveWho would practice all day with a glaive.He mastered … Read more …
A quick one today… Yesterday I skipped participating in class, in favor of getting some video (potentially for the dojo’s Web site). It was our … Read more …
Slow-motion video of the randori portion of Johnathon Purcell’s sho-dan exam. Apologies for the strobing from the fluorescent lights.
One of my favorite sempai, Johnathon Purcell, tested for shodan yesterday. Here is slo-mo video of his first throw in his new hakama.
He started at Aikido of San Diego when he was 11 years old. He’s off to college at UC Berkeley on Wednesday. He’s a perceptive and thoughtful student and teacher, kind and highly competent. I’ve been very fortunate to train with him since I started practicing Aikido in May. I and our whole dojo are going to miss him something awful. If you’re up that way, perhaps he’ll turn up at your dojo.
I’ve been so busy I haven’t had a chance to put together a coherent set of ideas for a post. So once again, here are … Read more …
First, the seminar with Nadeau Sensei was great. Enlightening, engaging, educational, and very entertaining. More on that another time. Right now tonight’s class (training day … Read more …
I will be participating in a seminar this weekend – “Aikido as an Art of Harmony” with Robert Nadeau Shihan, at Aikido of San Diego. … Read more …
I am going for my first consultation with a personal trainer tomorrow. www.fitnesswithoutwalls.com She’s going to help me come up with a “real world” workout … Read more …
Classes 9 & 10, Tuesday and tonight (Thursday). Boy, what a contrast… If you’ve been keeping up (not that I would expect anyone to), you … Read more …
Class 8, I believe, was last Tuesday evening. I’ve been a bit slow putting together enough connected thoughts about it to make a proper blog … Read more …
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