今日は３級を取られた方が２名いたので賞状をお渡しした。２年半くらいになるのか、稽古を積み重ねてくれて、苦労されたと思う。二人にとってどんな３級なのだろうと想像する。合気道はどんな昇級にするか、自分で決める。どれほどの苦労の昇級か、どれほどのこだわりの昇級か。そうして教わるのは、大切なのは何段か何級かではなく、その級を如何に誇らしいものにできるかは自分次第であり、その価値は決まるということ。それは世の中の価値の本質でもある。物質も、量も、能力も、才能も、比較すればいくらでも多い少ないがある。しかし、価値の本質は、そこに自分がどれだけ誇りをもてるかだ。まあ、それもあくまで一つの考え方だ。
遊び稽古
１体操
２熊歩き、蜘蛛歩き
３膝行
４杖になれる
５ 25の杖
本稽古
１合気体操
２足捌き
３受け身
４相半身片手取り呼吸投げ
５相半身片手取り四方投げ表
６相半身片手取り一教表
７相半身片手取り玄形呼吸投げ
８相半身片手取り二教裏
９相半身片手取り入り身投げ
１０相半身片手取り呼吸投げ
１１四教手捌き
１２正面打ち四教裏
当分相半身片手取りの稽古をしていなかったので、水曜日から相半身をやっている。相半身は相半身で相手と相対する半身なので正面打ちなど相対する半身の技に通じる基本がたくさんある。技の理解と間合いを学ぶ一つの基本的な形としてとても勉強になる取り方だ。
Today, I presented certificates to two members who earned their 3rd kyu. It has been about two and a half years of steady training for them. I imagine it was not an easy path.
I find myself wondering what this 3rd kyu means to each of them.
In Aikido, the meaning of a promotion is something each person ultimately decides for themselves. Was it a rank earned through struggle? Through persistence? Through personal commitment? What we learn, in the end, is that what matters is not the number of the rank, but how proud one can be of having attained it. The value of that rank depends entirely on oneself.
Perhaps that reflects the essence of value in the world at large. Whether material possessions, quantity, ability, or talent—there will always be comparisons of more or less. But the essence of value lies in how much pride one can take in it. Of course, this is only one way of thinking.
Playful Practice
- Warm-up exercises
- Bear walk, spider walk
- Knee walking
- Becoming familiar with the staff
- The 25 jo kata
Main Practice
- Aiki exercises
- Footwork
- Ukemi (breakfalls)
- Ai-hanmi katate-dori kokyu-nage
- Ai-hanmi katate-dori shiho-nage (omote)
- Ai-hanmi katate-dori ikkyo (omote)
- Ai-hanmi katate-dori genkei kokyu-nage
- Ai-hanmi katate-dori nikyo (ura)
- Ai-hanmi katate-dori irimi-nage
- Ai-hanmi katate-dori kokyu-nage
- Yonkyo hand movements
- Shomen-uchi yonkyo (ura)
We had not practiced much from ai-hanmi katate-dori recently, so since Wednesday we have returned to it. Although ai-hanmi places both partners in the same stance, it still involves facing one another directly, and many of its fundamentals connect to techniques such as shomen-uchi. It is a very instructive foundational form for understanding technique and ma-ai (distance and timing).
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