Hull Aiki Dojo

Well thought Student Di**it, it’s the start of a new year, surely it’s got to be better that last two?
So perhaps this could be the year I get aiki he thought to himself as they lined up for the first class of the new year.

After they bowed to Sagacious Sensei, who promptly began teaching the very first aiki taiso, at which Student Di**it, muttered under his breath, what! this boring stuff, when are we going to do the real aiki stuff, however as the class continued, it began to dawn on Student Di**it, that he knew next to nothing about even this first aiki exercise.

As Sagacious Sensei explained and explored the hidden depths and details regarding the first aiki exercise, at the end of the class Student Di**it realised he’s still knew so little and aiki is still elusive as ever …

Student Di**it, was flabbergasted!
It has been such long time since the dojo was open for training, and now he was getting the old good feeling of the tatami under his feet, but he felt very rusty whilst practicing with his dojo partner student Witless, who also was experiencing the rustiness of been away from the dojo so long.
But to their amazement Sagacious Sensei is even better than before, his aiki was the same but somehow different, and even more effective in its application, which left Student Di**it and many of the students puzzled as how to it was possible?
To which Sagacious Sensei explained, that aiki is not found in the outward adornment of a dojo, but in the quest for knowledge and understanding through the workings of nature, at which Student Di**it shrugged his shoulders and thought to himself uh??

Just to update everyone on our status.

We shall hopefully be restarting our regular Friday evening class beginning at 8pm the 4th June.
Looking forward to seeing you all.

Poor Student Di**it was gutted and very annoyed, no sooner had the dojo opened up, it now had to close again due to
covid-19 lockdown, and just when he was getting to used to the new training methods as devised by Sagacious Sensei, as a means to develop aiki, Student Di**it's much sought after mystery's he discussed this with his classmate Student Witless, and was overheard by Sagacious Sensei, who explained once more to the class that aiki is not chi balls, ki waves or bozo rays!

It is the technique behind the techniques, to which Student Di**it asked are they not the same thing?
Ah! sighed Sagacious Sensei, no they are not Sagacious Sensei replied, as I have explained many times Student Di**it, there is a significant difference between technique and techniques, to which Student Di**it frowned a little trying to understand what he was hearing, he asked Student Di**it if he got it? Na it is sounds the same thing to me as he shrugged his shoulders, Student Di**it shook his head and said lets get a last beer in to chew on this puzzle, okay quipped Student Witless, so of they went to the local pub, and pondered over what Sagacious Sensei was saying...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33pe6pnw9C8

1990 1 Yamaguchi Seigo sensei Principle and Waza Intoroduction 1990 1 Yamaguchi Seigo sensei Principle and Waza Intoroduction

Student Di**it was over the moon, excited and very happy, that the aiki dojo was reopening after the long closure due to the lock down measures, He couldn’t wait to get back to class and start practicing again, but as the lesson began, he realised that what he did before, would not be part of the regular training, because there was no permitted direct physical contact with his regular training partner Student Witless, social distancing had to be maintained, so Student Di**it thought how could they ever practice together?

Well Sagacious Sensei had also given the situation much thought and came up with a simple method, the likes of which surprised Student Di**it, as Sagacious Sensei began to explain and demonstrate how to still apply aiki using the new approach, for the most part Student di**it was baffled by the whole thing, but as he continued to train with Student Witless, some things began to become understandable and more importantly for Student Di**it possible!
Maybe aiki is not ki waves, chi balls or even bozo rays as Sagacious Sensei often says after all he mused to himself…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG43WI5OdeI&app=desktop

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