「めんどくさい」という理由につける薬が見つからない。私もそれは大しためんどくさがりだし、めんどくさがっていたら此の歳になってしまった。嫌いだとか好きだといった感情はある程度克服できるが、「めんどくさい」感情は得体がしれない。めんどくさいの根源は（これは私なりの思案だが）効率性の追求だ。非効率的なことが耐え難い時に思わず「めんどくさい」とつぶやいでしまうんだ。今日若い稽古生が「恋愛はめんどくさい」と教えてくれた。たしかによくわかる。わかるがそれを聞くとなにか寂しい。結婚も恋愛も家族も、なんなら人生はめんどくさい。なぜなら効率性とは無縁なものだからだ。人生は効率性を優先すると詰んでしまう。効率性のなかで育った子供達にどうこれを伝えるか、それは大きな課題だ。
遊び稽古
１体操
２杖に慣れる
３ ２５の杖
４相半身片手取り四方投げ
本稽古
１合気体操
２足さばき
３受け身
４気合わせ正面打ち
５気合わせ正面打ち一教表
６気合わせ正面打ち一教裏
７正面打ち入身投げ
８正面打ち小手返し
９多人数取り気合わせ一教裏
合気道が好きなのは、いろんな人に出会えるからだ。合気道をしていなかったらこんなにいろんな社会のいろんな人に出会うことはなかった。合気道を続けていると色々なことを感じとる。触れて感じる優しさや強さ、粘りや強引さ。それはどんな社会に属していても変わらない。優しい人なんだろうなと属性にとらわれずに感じられる楽しさがある。人間のもう一つの一面に触れられるのも合気道の楽しさだ。
I have yet to find a cure for the feeling of “It’s too much trouble.”
I am a tremendous procrastinator myself, and before I knew it, I had reached this age while putting many things off.
Feelings such as liking or disliking something can often be overcome. But the feeling of “this is too much trouble” is far more mysterious.
My own theory is that its root lies in the pursuit of efficiency.
When something feels inefficient, we instinctively mutter, “What a hassle.”
Today, one of the younger students at practice told me, “Romance is too much trouble.”
I understand exactly what he meant.
And yet, hearing it made me feel a little sad.
Marriage is troublesome. Relationships are troublesome. Family is troublesome. If we’re honest, life itself is troublesome.
Because the things that matter most in life have very little to do with efficiency.
If we make efficiency our highest priority, life eventually reaches a dead end.
How to communicate this truth to children who have grown up in a world obsessed with efficiency—that is a significant challenge.
Play Practice
- Exercises
- Becoming familiar with the jo (wooden staff)
- The 25 Jo Kata
- Ai-hanmi Katate-dori Shiho-nage
Main Practice
- Aiki exercises
- Footwork
- Ukemi (falling techniques)
- Ki-awase Shomen-uchi
- Ki-awase Shomen-uchi Ikkyo Omote
- Ki-awase Shomen-uchi Ikkyo Ura
- Shomen-uchi Irimi-nage
- Shomen-uchi Kote-gaeshi
- Multiple-attacker practice: Ki-awase Ikkyo Ura
One reason I love Aikido is that it allows me to meet all kinds of people.
Had I never practiced Aikido, I doubt I would have encountered such a wide variety of individuals from different walks of life.
The longer I practice, the more I notice things.
Through physical contact, I can feel kindness, strength, patience, determination, and sometimes forcefulness.
These qualities transcend occupation, status, and social background.
There is a unique joy in sensing that someone is a kind person without being distracted by labels or categories.
Aikido allows us to encounter another side of human beings.
And that, too, is one of its greatest pleasures.
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