samurai shawn

I am undergoing a transformation that will let me go under rigorous training. I am going to become a samurai and I am going to document how to do this in book form. It might be wondered how serious I am about becoming a samurai. To answer this question you have only to observe that there is a serious lack of samurai in today's society.

Just got back from the dojo. Alfredo was there tonite and I asked him to teach. I'm glad I did, I definitely learned something about teaching style. Alfredo really did a good job of explaining the techniques which is something I need to improve on. Tonite's class was interesting, aside from Alfredo and I, it was a father and son class. I don't think it was planned that way but it was kinda cool.

Stupid broken bones. Too much sankyo (a technique used in Aikido) has left my wrist in a store bought brace. I'm probably going to end up at the doctor because it's likely that it's broken.

I got a dog for my birthday. He's a chocolate lab named Luke (jedi powers still to be developed). He's having fun meeting all the neighborhood dogs when we go walking. I'm going to have to take him to the dog park soon. It's funny to see him get excited when he sees a bird take off.

There's a good thread on Aikiweb about reading energy as an attacker versus reading energy as the person being attacked. The original post was wondering about which role teaches how to read energy better. I think they both do. As an attacker, you have to learn how the technique is being done to you so that you can respond appropriately. As the person doing the technique you have to be able to read the energy of the attack so that you can time your response.