いつも慣れていないことには平常心を保っていられない。そんな自分にいつも焦って気づく。呼吸をひとぉーつ、それだけのことを忘れてしまう。気、呼吸が心と繋がって、体と繋がっていることを深く感じて普段の生活から稽古していく必要がありそうだ。とか、思うのは、スマホの機種変更をするくらいのことが苦手でできない自分がどうにももどかしいからだ。
遊び稽古
１体操
２sanchiストレッチ
本稽古
１合気体操
２足捌き
３相半身片手取り呼吸投げ（小さい足捌き）
４相半身片手取り四方投げ
５相半身片手取り腕極め投げ
６相半身片手取り二教裏
７横面打ち四方投げ裏
８横面打ち二教裏
９多人数取り呼吸投げ
めっきり人数が減った当道場ではあるが、楽しく稽古している。少しずつ少しずつ進歩を感じて、何のた？とか考えたら合理性なんてないかもしれない。でも、純粋な気持ち、合気道がいいなぁと感じた純粋な気持ちのまま突っ走るしかない。ただただ純粋なままでいよう。それで十分じゃないか。
I never seem able to remain completely calm when faced with something unfamiliar. Every time it happens, I catch myself becoming flustered and impatient. And then I realize that I have forgotten something very simple: to take a breath.
Just one breath.
The more I think about it, the more I feel that ki and breath are deeply connected to the mind, and through the mind, to the body. Perhaps this is something that must be practiced not only in the dojo but in everyday life as well. These thoughts arise because I find myself strangely frustrated by things as ordinary as changing to a new smartphone model. It is a small task, yet I struggle with it more than I would like to admit.
Play practice
- Warm-up exercises
- Sanchi stretch
Main practice
- Aiki warm-up exercises
- Footwork
- Ai-hanmi katate-dori kokyu-nage (using small footwork movements)
- Ai-hanmi katate-dori shiho-nage
- Ai-hanmi katate-dori ude-gatame-nage
- Ai-hanmi katate-dori nikyo ura
- Yokomen-uchi shiho-nage ura
- Yokomen-uchi nikyo ura
- Multiple-attacker kokyu-nage
Our dojo has become noticeably smaller in recent years, but we continue to train and enjoy the practice together. Little by little, I can feel progress being made. If I stop and ask myself, “What is the purpose of all this?” there may not be a particularly rational answer.
But perhaps not everything needs to be justified by logic.
There was once a simple feeling that drew me to Aikido—a straightforward sense that there was something good and worthwhile here. Maybe the best thing I can do is continue forward with that same feeling intact. Not because it is efficient, profitable, or reasonable, but because it resonates with something genuine inside me.
To remain sincere. To remain uncomplicated. To practice because the practice itself feels meaningful.
I think that is enough.
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