Posted in Aikido, tagged Aikido, life, quotes on July 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Monday’s class was some sort of a cumulus of the previous ~4 classes, which mainly studied grabbing attacks. Among the particular situations studied during the last trainings, there were
one wrist grabs with one hand (katate dori) – both from ai hanmi¹ and gyaku hanmi² stances
one wrist grabs with both hands (morote dori), both from ai [...]
Posted in Aikido, tagged Aikido, quotes on June 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A few weeks ago, two new young students, around 20 years old, joined the dojo. Apparently, they’re friends (anyway, they speak another language between themselves, maybe Jewish, but I’m not sure). Naturally, they constantly run into the same problems that I experienced as a complete beginner.
One of the first problems they ran into is sitting [...]
Posted in Aikido, tagged quotes, starting on June 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Whenever I feel I’m not doing something the way I’d like to be doing it, I remind myself that most people are not born with a natural know-how. Of course, there are some truly talented people, but while talent itself is a gift, it cannot grow to reach its full potential unless you are actually [...]
