Lake City Way Aikido
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solarbirdWent to check out the Lake City aikido dojo today; it's an independent, kinda, but not entirely. (They're part of the international federation, which means their testing is the same as everybody else's.)
They have a beginner workout and a full workout; I showed up for the 6pm beginner session, which was much too beginner even for me, and which I didn't think gave me a good look at much of what they do. So I ended up staying through the regular evening class too, from 7-8:30.
Attacks are a little better than Ki Society; not as good as Kokikai. On the other hand, they do a lot of weapons work, which I find attractive in theory. They've got a huge dojo, the biggest I've ever seen. They're also struggling to work on a "new" roll type which doesn't seem that different than what I'm already doing for rolling, so I'm kind of confused by that. The main differences showed up in what moves they emphasised and the heavier than usual training in bokken and jo.
It's friendly, and pretty informal; they have a lot of middle school and secondary school kids in the regular class, which was a tad surprising; they work with schools a lot. They also have a dojo dog (sensei's dog, of course) who is kind of late puppy in age. The introductory class was extra slow, which I disliked, but which wasn't an issue in the regular class.
Wow, I'm sleepy. I got quite the workout (which is good) and really I'd like to get a bit of a bath before going to bed but, well, Anna's already to sleep so I'd better not. Besides, I fell asleep in the tub last time, I'd probably just do it again!
They have a beginner workout and a full workout; I showed up for the 6pm beginner session, which was much too beginner even for me, and which I didn't think gave me a good look at much of what they do. So I ended up staying through the regular evening class too, from 7-8:30.
Attacks are a little better than Ki Society; not as good as Kokikai. On the other hand, they do a lot of weapons work, which I find attractive in theory. They've got a huge dojo, the biggest I've ever seen. They're also struggling to work on a "new" roll type which doesn't seem that different than what I'm already doing for rolling, so I'm kind of confused by that. The main differences showed up in what moves they emphasised and the heavier than usual training in bokken and jo.
It's friendly, and pretty informal; they have a lot of middle school and secondary school kids in the regular class, which was a tad surprising; they work with schools a lot. They also have a dojo dog (sensei's dog, of course) who is kind of late puppy in age. The introductory class was extra slow, which I disliked, but which wasn't an issue in the regular class.
Wow, I'm sleepy. I got quite the workout (which is good) and really I'd like to get a bit of a bath before going to bed but, well, Anna's already to sleep so I'd better not. Besides, I fell asleep in the tub last time, I'd probably just do it again!
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