Five Things I Like About Being An Uchi Deshi

1. I get to eat as much as I want, (all sorts of foods good, bad, probably not ugly though. I don’t like getting stomach problems).

2. New York is an exciting place to live. I don’t get out a lot but I meet interesting people every day.

3. I like training (when I am not exhausted or sick).

4. I take classes with some of the best instructors in the world and there are plenty of experienced yudansha to give pointers on techniques.

5. Training with beginners is fun. I like to see people learn. Its more fun when the person picks things up quickly, but its also okay when they have difficulty moving their feet.

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Published:: 4.29.09 / 11am

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Buck 4.29.09 / 4pm

On No 2, all I would offer is that it is springtime in NYC and there are some great parks there that are free. Take time to smell the flowers…
Jerry 4.29.09 / 4pm

How often do beginners return at NYA? Just curious.
grassHopper 4.29.09 / 5pm

6. You are 955.51 miles away from Jerry.
Tonya Mochocki 4.29.09 / 6pm

lol you’re right I do miss Jerry.
Jerry 4.29.09 / 7pm

😎
MM 4.29.09 / 11pm

LOL, on number 1: you mention food in almost every blog… I’d think you were starved. Now I see it is an addiction. lol
grassHopper 4.30.09 / 7am

I think Jerry misses you too; I argue too much.
Buck 4.30.09 / 9am

Last night on the History Channel (I think) they pitted a Viking warrior against a Japanse Samurai and tested their techniques and weaponry. Despite the effectiveness of the Viking arsenal, the Samurai was victorious in the end. I was not surprised. Kiyaii!!
The Dark Knight 4.30.09 / 10am

I love that show, so far I have been pleased with the way the fights pan out. But the latest show they pitted a Spartan Warrior vs. a NInja. I have not doubt that in a one on one melee the spartan would be a ninja, my problem was at the beginning of the fight the ninja was in the trees above the spartan. When he jumped out of the trees to land a killing blow on the spartan, he yelled alerting the spartan and causing him to raise his shield just in time

Like i said I have no doubt the spartan would win in a battlefield type fight. However ninjas were assassins, not soldiers. They developed weapons styles to counter samurai superior fighting styles for a reason, because they could not hold their own fighting like a samurai
MM 4.30.09 / 11am

Yeah Buck, that’s on Spike TV.

They also got the Gladiator vs. Apache episode. ^_^ Guess who won?
Jerry 4.30.09 / 1pm

I’m a ninjer. 😈
The Dark Knight 4.30.09 / 3pm

The Apache beat the…wait jerry will probably edit that…

The apache won…
Jerry 4.30.09 / 4pm

Ninjers always win.

We’re sneaky like that….
MM 5.1.09 / 12am

Ninjers disagree with their parents chosen career paths for them… they want to go to med school and live out their dream of having a gorilla secretary and living the fast pace life of a successful M.D. but all their parents can ever talk about is how their only son is an embarrassment to all the other ninjers!!!
incogneto 5.1.09 / 12am

For more info on ninjers… http://www.drmcninja.com/

The show asumes that the 2 warriors meet and fight to the death in a duel, but whose tactics would be more sucessful in a conflict… Could a cell of ninja beat a phalanx? ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phalanx_formation ) Could talented farmers beat Soldiers who were trained to fight the second they could walk? The show looked at weapons vs weapons, but wouldn’t a lifetime of martial experiance give the Spartans an advantage?
MM 5.1.09 / 12am

ninjers are shneeeek-aye!!!
grassHopper 5.1.09 / 7am

Wouldn’t the ninjas attack the Spartan’s camp instead of head to head?
Tonya Mochocki 5.1.09 / 9am

Beginners usually stay for at least a month thanks to the system of no trial classes allowed. Also now we have an automated payment system that requires them to have the guts to tell us they want to stop payments. No longer can they drift off and just stop coming. It has to be a concious decision. The trial period for most people is usually a few months when the person is learning to roll and work with different people.
Tonya Mochocki 5.1.09 / 9am

I’ve seen several beginners who started near the beginning in regular attendance currently. We have a recent influx of young college age women starting, which I like because now I have some fun people to talk with. No offence to men, but many times the conversation turns to motorcycles and freaky websites with gross content.
Jerry 5.1.09 / 11am

Links? 🙂
grassHopper 5.1.09 / 1pm

Ohhh crud…
Jerry 5.1.09 / 4pm

I’m just joking grassHopper.

Ninjers are known for their sense of humor.
Jerry 5.1.09 / 4pm

Tonya,

The automated payment system is interesting. I wonder if that is due in part to Skip Chapman and his success at Jersey Shore Aikikai.
Jerry 5.1.09 / 10pm

April newsletter published….
incogneto 5.2.09 / 8pm

Men only talk about motorcycles as a cover, think about what they are talking about when you aren’t there…

I want to go to the Sandrift Seminar on May 16th, who’s with me? We can car pool 🙂
grassHopper 5.2.09 / 9pm

Certainly sounds interesting, but I doubt we’ll make it.
MM 5.2.09 / 11pm

Yeah, i was gonna ask if you wanted to go to sandrift.

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