I'm still alive!

I haven't given up Aikido but I've started to post, er... tweet my activity on Twitter as ScottMGS with the "#Aikido" hashtag.

Katatetori Tenkan Variations and Birthday Rolls

We worked from katatetori tenkan tai sabaki tonight based on Sensei's observation of the group during aiki taiso. From katatetori tenkan we did kokyunage, iriminage, shihonage, sumi otoshi and some exotic variations. Then we threw Ed L. for his 43 birthday rolls which is always fun. We ended up with some randori practice for those that are getting ready to test.

I pooped out pretty quickly, tonight. Ugh. Good to be there, though.

Yokomenuchi and Test Prep

Still faded out before the end of class but did okay. We're prepping several people for tests. Tonight we worked from yokomenuchi tai sabaki. We did yokomenuchi sokomen iriminage, yokomenuchi kotegaeshi, yokomenuchi shihonage, and yokomenuchi iriminage. Sensei also interspersed a couple of randori for the people up for testing and some test practice at the end.

Bokken-Dori

Well, I lasted a lot longer than I have been even though I missed last Thursday. (I worked late, again. T. and I did go to the victory celebration, though.)

We worked on shomenuchi ikkyo variations leading to shomenuchi bokken-dori - ikkyo, ikkyonage, kokyunage, and sumi otoshi and subtle flavors of those. Fun stuff! I really enjoyed class tonight even though I ran out of steam in a little over an hour. From then on I jumped into a group and tried almost every technique, sometimes only getting to be uke or nage but usually both.

Too Far Out of Shape!

I missed Sensei's birthday on Tuesday. Ah, well.

I got to class on time tonight and ran myself ragged again. I have lost so much stamina! Aargh!

We worked on ushiro attacks tonight. Ushirodori kokyunage, iriminage, sankyo, jujinage, etc. Good stuff but I spent most of the evening watching everyone else work out. Very frustrating. Going once a week is too much and twice is not enough!

After class we took Sensei to Kiku Ya for sushi for his birthday.

Aikido - Test Prep

Showed up late and quit early - stomach nausea/pain (stress?).

Started with hanmi handachi practice - nage kneeling, uke standing - with shihonage and sankyo. We then did the same techniques standing up. Next, some multi-uke combinations leading toward randori practice.

Aikido - Small Class Tonight

I arrived late and faded quickly.

Aikido - Yokomenuchi Shihonage

Ed was promoted to nikkyu so now he's wearing a brown belt. We started with yokomenuchi shihonage, one of my favorites. We then started working on using udefuri choyaku undo as the taisabaki for shinonage, kokyunage, sankyo and more. I'm so far out of shape that I need to work in a group of three or I get winded during the first round! I ended getting so tired that I got sloppy that my hand slipped on a sankyo ura fall and I pushed my right shoulder a little to far. No major pain but it definitely feels like it was slightly dislocated.

Gym

Elliptical Trainer: 20 minutes, level 6, Pace from mid- to high-40s, HR in the 130s (started at a slower pace to keep it there.

Aikido - Nikkyu Test

I'm back... but pooped! Ooof!

E.L. tested for Nikkyu tonight.

Gym - 9/1/2008

Elliptical Trainer: 20 minutes, level 6, Pace from mid- to low-40s to keep HR under 153

Gym - 9/29/2008

T, A and I went to the gym this evening.

Lifecycle: 9 minutes, level 4, ~80 RPM

Elliptical Trainer: 11 minutes, level 6, Pace from mid- to high-40s to keep HR under 153

Gym - 9/23/2008 - I'm 50.5 today!!!

Elliptical Trainer: 20 minutes, level 6, Pace from mid- to low-40s to keep HR under 153

Gym - 9/16/2008

Went to the gym with T. early this morning.

Elliptical Trainer: 20 minutes, level 6, to keep HR under 153 my pace dropped from the low 50s to mid 40s

Gym - 9/5/08

Elliptical Trainer: 16 minutes, level 6, to keep HR under 153 my pace dropped from 50 to low 40s

New Eating Plan - Progress Report

I'm starting my third no-eating day. I start a bit hungry but after a couple hours it's not so bad. The benefits for the eating days is that I'm already breaking the "I want something to eat even though I'm not hungry" habit. I'm down six pounds after two no-eating and two eating days. It's a start - a good one!

Wt: 315

Gym - 08/22/08

Elliptical Trainer: 16 minutes, level 6, to keep HR under 153 my pace dropped from 50 to high 30s

I stayed too late at work and didn't go to Aikido last night.

Gym - 08/20/08

Elliptical Trainer: 15 minutes, level 5, to keep HR under 153 my pace dropped from 50 to low 40s

Gym - 08/19/08

Elliptical Trainer: 14 minutes, level 5, to keep HR under 153 my pace dropped from 50 to low 40s

Aikido - Weapons

T. and I went to weapons practice this evening. I was hungry from not eating (see prior post) but I did okay. We worked on jo kata one and two and bokken kata one and two.