Another productive day. First I did the rest of my interviews at the toaster. Then asked my last questions to Miguel and did one more interview. Almost done here!
In the evening I had my last Aikido practice. We skipped the meditation and went straight to exercises and leg torturing. The lesson today was a continuance of a day before, but I was able to follow it. We did a number of different forms of kokyo nage (katate dori en aihanmi). They were the usual forms but with irimi tenkan, ura, omote. Forms that look a little like Ikyo and forms that look like tenchi nage or pushing the chin up. A lot of them were new to me, and it is hard to remember them all. There were so many!
Meanwhile, I get a free lesson of Aikido Etiquette. When kneeling down with the students, first kneel right knee, sit down and put your hands – fingers closed – on your legs with your back straight. When bowing to Osensei or the sensei, left hand, then right hand on the ground and bow, saying “onegaishimasu, sensei”. Literally, this means “do me this favour (teacher)”, but could be translated as “let’s have a good game”. Then you get up, right leg first (right? It’s difficult writing this the day after).
At the end of the practice, Herbert address his thanks to me for training with them, and there were some pictures taken, which I will post here as soon as they arrive in my inbox.
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