今日で稽古が最後の人がいました。でも、とても丁寧にご挨拶していただき寂しくはありましたが快く最後の稽古を終えました。この道場の皆も、そして日本全体が高齢化してますので当然、比較的武道をするにはまずまずの高齢です。いつ今日が最後となるかわかりません。私もそうです。でもほぼ毎日稽古します。あまり考えないようにしています。できれば、まるで息をするように稽古したいからです。呼吸や食事や掃除のように稽古をして、老いることが幸せなのではないかと感じます。そして、その時の一人一人と一期一会で稽古できたらそれが嬉しいです。
遊び稽古
１体操
２杖になれる
３相半身片手取り引き落とし呼吸投げ（杖の手引き）
本稽古
１合気体操
２足捌き
３受け身
４相半身片手取り横捌き
５相半身片手取り四方投げ
６相半身片手取り入身投げ
７相半身片手取り一教裏
８相半身片手取り引き落とし呼吸投げ（杖の手引き）
９相半身片手取り引き落とし呼吸投げ
１０多人数取り
久しぶりに相半身片手取りを取り上げました。かなり二級三級の審査のために相半身片手取りをお預けしていたので、楽しくできました。相半身片手取りは五級で取り上げていますので、みんなも比較的慣れています。気型の稽古もしやすくとても勉強になりました。
Today was the last practice for one of our members. They took the time to say goodbye so thoughtfully and sincerely that, although it was sad to see them go, we were able to finish their final training session on a warm and positive note.
The members of this dojo, like much of Japan as a whole, are growing older. By martial arts standards, many of us are already at an age where continuing practice is no longer something to take for granted. None of us knows when a particular day’s training might be our last. The same is true for me.
Yet I continue to practice almost every day. I try not to think about it too much. If possible, I would like training to become as natural as breathing. Like eating, cleaning, or breathing itself, I want practice to be a simple and ordinary part of life. Perhaps there is a kind of happiness in growing old that way.
And if I can share practice with each person as a once-in-a-lifetime encounter, appreciating each moment together, that would make me very happy.
Play practice
- Warm-up exercises
- Becoming familiar with the jo
- Ai-hanmi katate-dori hiki-otoshi kokyu-nage (guided with the jo)
Main practice
- Aiki warm-up exercises
- Footwork
- Ukemi (breakfalls)
- Ai-hanmi katate-dori yoko-sabaki
- Ai-hanmi katate-dori shiho-nage
- Ai-hanmi katate-dori irimi-nage
- Ai-hanmi katate-dori ikkyo ura
- Ai-hanmi katate-dori hiki-otoshi kokyu-nage (guided with the jo)
- Ai-hanmi katate-dori hiki-otoshi kokyu-nage
- Multiple-attacker practice
For the first time in quite a while, we focused on ai-hanmi katate-dori. Because so much attention had been devoted to the 2nd and 3rd kyu examinations, these techniques had been set aside for some time. It was enjoyable to return to them.
Since ai-hanmi katate-dori is introduced at the 5th kyu level, most of the members are already fairly comfortable with it. That familiarity makes it easier to focus on the study of ki forms and the underlying principles of movement. In that sense, it is a very rewarding area of practice and always offers valuable lessons, no matter how many times we revisit it.
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