Monday...
What a great day. I have an appointment to have my shoulder looked at as it has been giving me pain for the last two weeks. Getting old I guess...the shoulder, not me. I am still young. People always comment how I don't look my age, probably they mean don't act my age. I guess there are those times when the body just has to tell you in a not so subtle voice that you need to be more courteous and considerate of it (your body that is).
I keep thinking of those t-shirts that say 'Pain is weakness leaving the body'. Okay, so my weakness has been leaving my body for the better part of the last two weeks and I am having serious doubts that I have that much weakness in me to start.
So, how does this relate to Aikido? Well, obviously, I'm going to have to start listening to Sensei and use my body to move as moving my arm isn't that convenient. Makes me wonder what else he has been saying that I'll have to listen to? But, the point that I'm stumbling around is that even with a bad shoulder, wrist, ankle, back(well maybe not) or other injury, Aikido can be looked at as moving with the flow of your own body.
Relax and feel what is resistant and don't fight it...it could be yourself that you are resisting.
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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