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posted by [identity profile] purpletigron.livejournal.com at 01:35pm on 12/01/2004
I got to do solo stick-waving!!!! And my physiotherapy exercises...

I wouldn't find your assimilating at all dull, but I can see how it might be too private for LJ...
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posted by [identity profile] bugshaw.livejournal.com at 02:57pm on 12/01/2004
More aikido than you can shake a stick at!!! What sort of stick-waving do you do? I've never seen it before, I don't know if it's fast or slow, what sort of stick, what the aim is, how difficult it is to do)

Tai Chi was good tonight - a bit like being back at nursery school because we had to count up to four and pretend to be a goose and a pigeon :-)

I shall try to write some assimilation stuff. I have a new second hand compaq ipaq pocket pc, which might be easier to use on the train.
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posted by [identity profile] purpletigron.livejournal.com at 11:55pm on 12/01/2004
So far, bokken - 'wooden katana' - and jo - spear without pointy bits a.k.a. a broom handle :-) A lot of regular, unarmed aikido is derived from traditional Japanese weapon arts. Not only does practicing with wooden sticks build some upper body strength, and make sense of some of the body art, it can also be very relaxing (solo practice) and rather exciting (pair work). Solo practice is at your own speed, the choreographed pair work can be very fast and furious with experts!

I did a lot of pretending to be a cross between a turkey and a policeman - these are my physiotherapy 'knee dips'.

I find that the train can be a good place to write contemplatively...
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