I may have a little Aikidoka on my hands
- Thread starter Xue Sheng
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Mmm, interesting. What she is possibly finding is that you need something to work with, which she is calling 'force', where the kids are more likely to be standing still. You need force to be able to redirect it. Good pickup!
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That is great Xue!
ST1Doppelganger
Brown Belt
Thats awesome Xue im glad she's enjoying the aikido again.
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Xue Sheng
All weight is underside
My little Aikidoka could not get to Aikido at all last weekend due to my eye stuff, snow and no other person available to take her. This weekend she is sick and could not go to Aikido...today she is saying I hope I can go next weekend.... she missed Aikido
My aikido lessons are at 7.00am. At times I've had to get up at 5:30 and much of the year it involves leaving home in the dark. It's almost an addiction.
All I can say to her is, "great attitude, keep it up".
TenShin Sensei
White Belt
Sounds like she is really enjoying aikido!! That is awesome!! Hope she continues!!
Very cool! Glad she is having a great time Xue!
It is great hearing how she is learning and enjoying her activity in the art.
Really enjoying this thread and the positive feel of it. Nice job Dad.
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Xue Sheng
All weight is underside
Today...break falls.... I'm wincing at every break fall....she's smiling the entire time
Later we worked on one of the throws she was working on..... I'm almost 3 times her weight and I got a couple feet on her in height.....dang, she locked my elbow and took me off balance.... it was so cool.
Later we worked on one of the throws she was working on..... I'm almost 3 times her weight and I got a couple feet on her in height.....dang, she locked my elbow and took me off balance.... it was so cool.
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Xue Sheng
All weight is underside
Very coolIs she doing ken and jo or just jo?
Not being an Aikido guy I am not sure what "ken" is and I think Jo is the short staff. She is working with a jo
jim777
Master Black Belt
Ken (bokken) is a wooden sword, as the jo is a wooden staff or pole. They are the two weapons I believe you will see the most in Aikido dojos, depending on the school of course. For example: Kingfisher Bokken Jo
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Xue Sheng
All weight is underside
She got hit in the nose by accident the other day, they were working on Iriminage and the boy she was working with brought his arm up right into her face, you could tell it hurt, but she kept going as long as she could until she stopped and asked if she could go blow her nose, Sensei said ok and she walked of the floor and blew her nose, multiple times and then walked over to me. I could tell she just wanted to cry, but she didn't. She told me how much her nose hurt and it would not stop running, but she held it together. I even told her it is ok to cry if she wanted, but she didn't. She went back out on the floor and bowed off with the rest of the class. Came back, changed, went to the car and then cried for a little bit and continued to have a runny nose for about 5 minutes.
We got home she was ok, just saying her nose felt weird. It was ok, nothing was broken, but it was sore. Next day comes and there is another Aikido class and she was not all that keen on going so I did not push her. After awhile she said she wanted to go so we did. During class they did a little more work on Iriminage and I thought she might back out, but she didn't. She worked on it, got through class and did just fine.
We got home she was ok, just saying her nose felt weird. It was ok, nothing was broken, but it was sore. Next day comes and there is another Aikido class and she was not all that keen on going so I did not push her. After awhile she said she wanted to go so we did. During class they did a little more work on Iriminage and I thought she might back out, but she didn't. She worked on it, got through class and did just fine.
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Xue Sheng
All weight is underside
OK, I realize that the adult class they are all whit belts until they get a black belt but not in the kids class
My little Aikidoka had another test, had a green belt and got 2 stripes for this test.... proud dad here
Now after the test the sensei was asking all the kids what they liked best about Aikido and they all seemed to have one thing they liked best. when my little aikidoka was asked the answer was...."everything"
My little Aikidoka had another test, had a green belt and got 2 stripes for this test.... proud dad here
Now after the test the sensei was asking all the kids what they liked best about Aikido and they all seemed to have one thing they liked best. when my little aikidoka was asked the answer was...."everything"
