Author: Tonya

Monday was fun Donovan called me up to take ukemi several times and I’m proud of the fact that I managed not to embarass myself. I can’t recall for sure if he said something along the lines of you’ve improved since the last time you were here. Maybe I imagined it because a compliment from… Continue reading Monday and Tuesday (the last)

Saturday was a fun day as always. It was very hot though and everyone was sweating and hoping to work in groups. Sensei’s class was fun and then Mike A. taught. His class focused on technique. He gave some very simple, detailed, and understandable explanations for his techniques. Sunday Chuck taught the first class and… Continue reading The last weekend

I had a good time friday. My favorite class was taught by Claire Keller. She was very helpful and when she corrected my technique she was careful not to offend me or put me down. Of course after class the next day I asked her to be my training date the next time she came… Continue reading Friday, September 7th

Wednesday I took all five classes. Sensei taught two of them and I found it odd that in both he taught exactly the same techniques and openings. It was nice though because I got to work on them twice as much. In the morning class I worked with Eddy. He’s a very competent kyu who… Continue reading Wednesday and Thursday

My last entry was supposed to be randori not tandoori or whatever my spellchecker decided to switch it too. It is a very useful yet annoying feature. Tonya

Today was a most interesting day. The first class I had a lot of fun and read and ate a lot between the first and the second class. Perhaps I should have slept instead because by the time the tandoori class came about I was grouchy and had trouble flowing with my uke’s movements. I… Continue reading Tuesday 3rd week

Friday was another hard day of classes. I took four because my knee was still a bruise at that point, and my arms were dead tired and sore from compensating for my knee in ukemi. Every time I got up off the floor it was like doing a push up. The hardest part of any… Continue reading Friday and Labor Day Weekend

Today I had a great time. I felt like I had lots of energy to burn and so I took all six classes. The weapons class sticks out in my mind particularly because. I learned so much about how to stand in hamni and how to hold the weapon that I had never heard before.… Continue reading Thursday

These three days I got into a kind of funk. I was homesick and depressed. Thankfully though, my friends at the dojo were understanding and helped me through it. I also called Karen which cheered me up quite a bit. Classes were good, but my knees bothered me so much that I couldn’t sit in… Continue reading Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday

I had a great weekend in New York. I watched the children’s class and played with some of the kids afterwards. They are just adorable. I helped this one little girl color in some pictures in her book. Though I thought it was cool that she preferred word games. I know when I was her… Continue reading Saturday Sunday