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OK, now I think I'm on to something....

Do you want to be the best student, then just be a person that really wants to learn....

Do you want to be the best instructor, then just be a person that really wants to learn....

Good luck.

Erik Calderon
aikido shinkikan
www.shinkikan.com

I've noticed an interesting effect of spending 45 min practicing suburi and kengi /bo gi. I feel as if my center has a direct connection to the earth, like I have a gyroscope embedded in me. It fades after an hour or two, but for a while I feel as if no-one could catch me off-center, even while I'm making toast in the kitchen.

Also, I've been doing some reading. I know enough not to study "how-to" manuels -- like i need to teach myself more bad habits. I'll learn techniques from sensei at the dojo. But I do hang out at the used bookstore, and check all my favorite spots regularly -- cooking, SF, martial arts, camping... Found a copy of Aikido for Life, by Gaku Homma and have been thourougly enjoying it. Lots to think about.

Everyday I think about going to Aikido but I dont go. What the heck is going on? I guess I should be the one to know. Part of me wants to train everyday, and then I just make a bunch of exuses why I cant train this day or that. I dont really plan on training I just think that I will because whenever I do go I feel great. I sometimes wonder why I even train at all. I think that I was lookning for change. I have changed but now that I am not trying to change so much maybe I am getting bored. i dont know but I would really like to get out ther and just do it. So today I will train, because I am tired of thinking about it.