ker-POW!

[whiskey_on_ice]

Dragged my raggedy-ass, semi-lifeless bag of bones through an aikido test on Tuesday night and won the right to sport the dashing and elusive brown belt. It goes ever so nicely with my eyes. Somebody spring a surprise attack on me tonight and we'll see how I do. (I prefer front strike, side strike, behind-the-back-both-wrists-grasp #1 or #2, and

Comments

[mt_morphine]

Awesome and congratulations! When you become a black belt (only one more test!) do you have to register your empty hands as lethal weapons? That would be cool.

[whiskey_on_ice]

I wish that my next test would be for black, but in this art they move kind of slow with promoting people. Every dojo can make up whatever colour system they want; but because aikido depends so much on sensitivity to anticipating timing and force, you can't pick it up as quickly as arts where your focus is on producing force (i.e. it's easier to learn to punch somebody than to try to catch somebody's punch and turn it back on them with a loopy spinning takedown). But again, that's not to take anything away from any striking arts. Some karate schools are very traditional and demand a lot of patience and commitment while other McMartial Arts Schools are practically drive-throughs who give black belts to six year-olds. I think it's mainly because of the Karate Kid movie that there's a lot more of the latter who teach karate rather than other arts

[kelly_jones]

Congratulations! You rule, Whiskey!

Man, I'd love to learn some self-defence from Savage. I think she's the ginchiest.

[shara_fares]

Aresome Whiskey. You are the kerPOWiest.

I'm writing that down somewhere.

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