早起きは三文の得という諺があるのに、どうしても朝が苦手だ。しかし今日は早起きをしたので、いいことがあった。魚をもらった。新しい魚はいい、新鮮さに優る美味しさはない。良いことと早起きの因果関係は不明だが、それでいい。早起きは得なんだ。人間は人生８０年とすると２０年はくらいねている。おそらく私は３０年は寝ていると思うし、３５年くらい布団の中かもしれない。寝ることも幸せの一つだが、得したければ早起きしよう、残り３０年くらいの人生、何年起きておいて、どのくらい得できるだろう。
本稽古
１合気体操
２足捌き
３受け身
４転換法
５逆半身片手取り呼吸投げ（小さい足捌き）
６逆半身片手取り横崩し呼吸投げ
７呼吸法
８両手取り天地投げ表
９逆半身片手取り横崩し呼吸投げ（転換）
１０両手取り天地投げ裏
１１逆半身片手取り内回転投げ表
１２逆半身片手取り外回転投げ表裏
今日の稽古はすこしゆっくりと、いつもの技を深掘る形でやってみた。西条で学んでいることをできる限り頭の中で生きているうちに江田島の稽古に反映したい。天地投げ一つとっても、適当にすればなぎ倒せるラリアートになるかもしれないが、しかし、合気道はどう投げるか、どう受けるか、そこが大切だ。少しずつ伝えていきたい、そして自分の中に染み込ませていく作業でもある。
There’s a saying: “The early bird gets the worm.”
And yet, I’m hopeless in the morning.
But today, because I woke up early, something good happened—I received some fish. Fresh fish is wonderful; there is no flavor that surpasses true freshness.
The causal relationship between waking up early and good fortune is unknown, but that’s fine. Early rising is a benefit.
If human life is about 80 years, we spend around 20 of those sleeping.
In my case, it’s probably more like 30 years—maybe even 35 years under the blankets.
Sleeping is one form of happiness, but if you want to gain something, you should wake up early.
I wonder: in the remaining 30 years or so of my life, how many of those years will I spend awake—and how much can I gain?
Main Practice
- Aiki taiso
- Footwork
- Ukemi
- Tenkan method
- Gyaku-hanmi katate-dori kokyū-nage (small footwork)
- Gyaku-hanmi katate-dori yoko-kuzushi kokyū-nage
- Kokyū-hō
- Ryōte-dori tenchi-nage omote
- Gyaku-hanmi katate-dori yoko-kuzushi kokyū-nage (tenkan)
- Ryōte-dori tenchi-nage ura
- Gyaku-hanmi katate-dori uchi-mawari-nage omote
- Gyaku-hanmi katate-dori soto-mawari-nage omote/ura
Today’s practice was a bit slower, digging more deeply into the techniques we always do.
I want to reflect as much as possible of what I’m learning in Saijō into the Eda Island practice while it’s still fresh in my mind.
Even with something as simple as tenchi-nage, if done carelessly, it could turn into something like a lariat that just knocks someone down.
But in aikido, how you throw and how you receive—that is what matters.
I want to pass that on little by little, and at the same time, let it soak into myself as well.
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