As I walked away from my work towards my car for the five minute drive towards mental relaxation, I noticed my phone ringing. It's hard to not notice something like that when you don't turn the ringer off. Anyway. I answered, as it was my wife, and the tone of her voice let me know, to my initial chagrin, that I would be missing practice that afternoon.
Her parents were in from out of town and would be visiting for the next week. I caught her explanation, between my internal mumbling, that they wanted to really see me and that they were tired from the flight. Anyway...
Mumble, mumble, grumble.
How would missing practice benefit them?
How would missing practice benefit me?
Then, I thought about it from the energy perspective...get behind it. Don't oppose. (Especially when the energy is coming from your wife, she knows where you sleep and when you eat. Very important.)
The actions, or reactions, that we choose everyday can be aikido. The more we look at life as a flow and see that we can choose to get behind the energy and smile as it carries us on, sparring ourselves the struggle, we can see that the smile we have on our faces is genuine. No struggle, no fight. Practice would be back next week.
I know that most people won't think that this really qualifies as a practice of aikido, but have you ever felt the sharp stares of an angry woman? They hit VERY hard.
Aikido Club at UVU is a great way for students to experience the art of Aikido. Aikido is derived from the samurai arts through a branch of aiki-jujitsu. Though it is a martial art, it was created as a way to foster peaceful conflict resolution. Aikido teaches how to use various forms of passive resistance and joint locks to provide an attacker with opportunities to reconsider his actions. Come learn with us.
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