My arms hurt
Spent yesterday with
ayrynkat. We shopped State St. and bought nothing, then had a picnic lunch out on the capital. After lunch she went and visited Andrea Cox, our former FYI teacher who's now working for Tomo Therapy (another place I'm applying to), while I went back home and worked on resumes. After chaufering her off to
abmann I went to my first Katori Shinto Ryu class.
The sword work is very different than anything I've done before. By which I mean it's completely opposite to the swordwork in aikido. In aikido you're supposed to cut with your elbows, in Katori you cut with your wrists. In aikido you're supposed to stay relaxed at all times, in Katori you cut by gripping tightly. In aikido your movements are circular, in Katori they're linear. I'm having to learn a lot of new body patterns. Should be worth it though. The teacher is absolutely amazing (I say teacher because the head sensei is off getting foot surgery but Paul was a Katori sensei in Utah before he moved here. Apparently this is the only Katori dojo in the US with two ranked senseis). He's this skinny guy in glasses, really looks like a geek, extremely warm, and then he picks up a sword and looks like death incarnate. Good class though I'm fairly certain it's the reason my arms are sore now.
Afterwards I headed over to ABM's to hang with Ayrn, ABM, and
lady_fox. It was a fun night.
The sword work is very different than anything I've done before. By which I mean it's completely opposite to the swordwork in aikido. In aikido you're supposed to cut with your elbows, in Katori you cut with your wrists. In aikido you're supposed to stay relaxed at all times, in Katori you cut by gripping tightly. In aikido your movements are circular, in Katori they're linear. I'm having to learn a lot of new body patterns. Should be worth it though. The teacher is absolutely amazing (I say teacher because the head sensei is off getting foot surgery but Paul was a Katori sensei in Utah before he moved here. Apparently this is the only Katori dojo in the US with two ranked senseis). He's this skinny guy in glasses, really looks like a geek, extremely warm, and then he picks up a sword and looks like death incarnate. Good class though I'm fairly certain it's the reason my arms are sore now.
Afterwards I headed over to ABM's to hang with Ayrn, ABM, and