Rocky Waters Aikido Self Protection

"Mine! Mine! Mine!"
Here are those seagulls from Finding Nemo we were talking about. When you touch others, you want to have the same feeling those seagulls have: that uke is yours! Once you grab a part to grab the whole, you can then direct uke to anywhere you want them to go.
Be the seagull!

It was awesome this week getting the chance to train with our pal Craig who was in town visiting! Multiple classes and a good time was had by all. We are all looking forward to the next visit, brother!

Happy birthday, USA! Wishing everyone a safe weekend of good times with friends and neighbors. Enjoy the fireworks! See all of you on Monday.

Work for daily improvements, not dramatic improvements.

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Here's what Gabriel Varga...an MMA fighter and champion kickboxer...has to say about how to present your arms in self defense:

Why "High Guard" In Street Fight Gets You Knocked Out "Hands up" as a self defense solution may not be the right answer. ...

For all those great dads out there raising our next generation and being a good example for your kids…we salute you. Enjoy your day!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP0WM58Y7fo

Hayato Osawa Shihan – High-Level Aikido from Inside the Tatami Recorded in São Paulo — the largest city in Brazil — this seminar with Hayato Osawa Shihan was filmed with a different approach from traditional martial arts...

Aikido is strange like that...

We train with people that just Googled "how to do a front roll" before they came to class, and we train with people that can breakfall in their sleep.

One person joined the school to lose some weight,
another person joined because they want to protect themselves,
and yet another person joined because they just need a couple of hours a week to get away from the daily grind.

20 year olds...70 year olds...business owners....9 to 5 folks...retirees...students...home makers...rich people....and broke people

Some got the throttle set at 100% while others just want to make it through class without pulling a hamstring.

We all have different lives and we may be walking different paths, but on the mats:

NONE OF THAT MATTERS

People need to realize that the hardest belt to earn in Aikido is their white belt.
It is true that a minority of all new students will go on to earn their black belt. But it is also true that a much smaller percentage of people will ever start their first class to begin with, even though they really want to. It takes MUCH MORE to get your white belt than it does to get your black belt. Encourage yourself with this reality.