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First Aikido Class

This past Saturday, I went to my first Aikido class at a place called Aikido of Cincinnati. I found it to be quite enjoyable and can’t wait to go back again. I was planning on going on Sunday as well, considering they have classes then also, but I wound up getting sick so I couldn’t make it.

I’m usually quite busy during the week days, so I doubt if I’ll be able to make it very often during those days but I’ll be able to attend every Saturday and Sunday(as long as I don’t get sick again ). The great thing is that I can attend multiple classes in the same day, so I’ll probably get a few classes in on the same day. I know it won’t count towards the testing requirements because of the way they count days for the USAF, but that’s not what is important to me anyway. I’m doing this to increase progress in myself, not in rank.

Anyway, because this class was pretty early(9:15 AM, on a Saturday), there was only me and two other students. The Sensei was very helpful in getting me caught up on some of the basics. The thing is that because I have practiced other Martial Arts I can catch on quickly when they show me how to do something, it’s just I’ve never done a lot of the things they do in Aikido. Plus, remembering the names is going to take me some time, but I’m sure it’ll come to be after I continue to do them again and again.

I can’t remember everything we practiced, and some of the things I do remember I don’t really remember the names for them , so I’ll just list what I do remember. We took turns practicing Shomenuchi Iriminage, since there was three of us. The Sensei was critqueing what we were doing as he watched us. He’d tell us to pause and then he’d point out a few things and correct us. We also practiced a Katatetori technique and a Ryotetori technique. I can’t remember which one’s we practiced. All that I remember is that when we were doing the Ryotetori technique, we would do sit falls instead.

Even though I haven’t got my rolls yet, I’ve already started practicing them at home. To be honest, rolling and breakfalls is one of my weakest points. I mean, I can do them, but I definitely don’t feel comfortable doing them, or rather I don’t feel like I am doing them good enough. As a last note, if you haven’t seen their dojo before, it’s very nice.