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Mark's Meanderings: February 2010
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Mark's martial, musical, and merry meanderings. Saturday, February 27, 2010. Road to 1st Kyu - Week 3 day 3. Originally uploaded by markdeso. Today, the last Saturday of the month, we have weapons class at our Aikido school. last month and this month we worked on a set of katas representing "Sho Chiku Bai", or pine tree, bamboo, and plum blossom. The katas come from a series of sword work John Stevens Sensei created. Friday, February 26, 2010. Road to 1st Kyu - Week 3 day 2. Monday, February 22, 2010.
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Mark's Meanderings: Uke, Nage, and the "what if" factor
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Mark's martial, musical, and merry meanderings. Monday, May 31, 2010. Uke, Nage, and the "what if" factor. In Aikido, our practice is primarily done with a partner. In a typical Aikido class, the teacher will demonstrate a technique, call out the attack and the students will pair up. "Uke" plays the role of the attacker. "Nage" plays the role of the person responding to the attack. Usually, uke will attack times and then the partners will switch roles. Aikido has been criticized by some for this approach...
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Mark's Meanderings: July 2010
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Mark's martial, musical, and merry meanderings. Monday, July 26, 2010. What I want out of life. What i want out of life is to live.think, discuss, explore, make something with my hands, learn something new, see something beautiful.everyday. This could just be my favorite quote. This will be my charge to my son and my son's children. Friday, July 23, 2010. Finishing the Couch to 5K program. If you can breathe in and breathe out, then you know for that moment you are ok.". Http:/ www.c25k.com/.
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Mark's Meanderings: November 2009
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Mark's martial, musical, and merry meanderings. Monday, November 30, 2009. Week 6 day 1. Till then, slow and steady is the way to go for me. If I can't go at full pace, I CAN go at a reduced pace. I'm going to add one more day too to fill in my tuesday. So hopefully by the end of the week I will have blogged "Week 6 day 4". Sunday, November 29, 2009. Reflecting on the Esoteric Teachings of Professor Okazaki. Http:/ www.danzanryu.com/esoteric.html. To paraphrase and abbreviate:. Be gracious to your family.
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Mark's Meanderings: April 2010
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Mark's martial, musical, and merry meanderings. Sunday, April 11, 2010. Road to 1st kyu is complete. Originally uploaded by markdeso. And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing. There were 3 things I wanted to accomplish:. I had been training with a san dan at our dojo who agreed to be my uke. At literally the last moment, (we were in the middle of rolls warming up for our test) he said to me that his back wa...
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Mark's Meanderings: May 2010
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Mark's martial, musical, and merry meanderings. Monday, May 31, 2010. Uke, Nage, and the "what if" factor. In Aikido, our practice is primarily done with a partner. In a typical Aikido class, the teacher will demonstrate a technique, call out the attack and the students will pair up. "Uke" plays the role of the attacker. "Nage" plays the role of the person responding to the attack. Usually, uke will attack times and then the partners will switch roles. Aikido has been criticized by some for this approach...
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Mark's Meanderings: Dire Straights - How Aikido Saved Jean Maggrett's Life
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Mark's martial, musical, and merry meanderings. Sunday, May 30, 2010. Dire Straights - How Aikido Saved Jean Maggrett's Life. The story presented in this post is Jean's, published with permission from her on my blog. I am honored to be able to share this touching and poignant story. Dire Straights - Jean Maggrett. Eventually we discovered the peninsula was cut by a small, shallow inlet. It was fun to wade across. Soon after, we came to another similar inlet, wider and deeper then the first, but s...While...
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Mark's Meanderings: March 2010
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Mark's martial, musical, and merry meanderings. Wednesday, March 31, 2010. Road To 1st Kyu - Week 8 day 1 - With open arms. Originally uploaded by markdeso. I've been thinking about some of our techniques that we do. They are truly unique from other arts. Most grappling arts concentrate on joint lock manipulation and pain compliance. Aikido, having transcended from Daito Ryu ju jitsu has many similar techniques. Saturday, March 27, 2010. Road to 1st Kyu - Week 7 Day 1 - The Dojo Hath Conspired. I've blog...
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Mark's Meanderings: December 2009
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Mark's martial, musical, and merry meanderings. Thursday, December 31, 2009. On Gratitude - 2009. Moving into the new year and new decade, I wish you all much growth, love and happiness. I hope that we all can love the simple things: family, friendships and warm hearts. Happy New Year. Onegai shimasu (Let us begin)! Saturday, December 12, 2009. Aikido, conflict and the basics of Tai no Henko. For people that may not be familiar, tai no henko is a basic practice where you and your partner stand facing eac...