Aikido

Ok, so I'm adding two entires at the same time so make sure to read the one before this. In this entry I will talk about the Aikido club that I went to yesterday. The practice lasted from 6:30-9:30PM, yes it was long and I was completely exhausted afterwards. I will break apart what we did.

6:30-7:00PM, put together the mat (out of giant puzzle pieces), then clean it
7:00PM-7:30PM, Warm up, a variety of stretches, practicing falling.
7:30-8:10PM, Practice with short wooden swords, can't remember what they are called.
8:10-9:10PM, Hand to Hand combat with partner, about 5 minutes per move. most of the moves were pretty short but I think they could be very effective. It included protection against punches, grabs, and some other things
9:10-9:20: Free practice, we could practice whatever we wanted, falling, wooden swords, hand-to-hand, etc
9:20-9:30 Clean up

This was fun, and it was a workout. There were about 15 people and the class was about evenly split between Japanese and International students. The only down side, is that the practice on Tuesday is canceled because of the holidays, I know have 1 week to forget everything.