Aikido

Finally attended the first lesson at Dover after much procrastination. The class wasn’t big, 7 person. I’m the newbie and the oldest besides the instructor. Quite fun learning how to move, roll about and fall around. But the seating on bent legs needs some getting used to.

Apparently, one needs around 2 years to get a black belt and there’s no competition for Aikido because the technique is meant to stop, restrain and kill on first strike / defense. Aikido is like the Chinese 擒拿手, all about locking joints and subduing people.

Besides wanting to do some sort excerise (by signing up a martial art class), i wanted use this opporunity to better fine-tune my eye-hand coordination and my focus. Lately, my mind has been wandering from one end to the other of the universe. Not so good.