Aikido

Aikido

on the 31st of march, a thursday, i went for my first aikido lesson...

aikido, for those of u who dont noe, is a type of martial arts, based on countering movements of an opponent using his own force. it involves some footwork and coordination.

the venue was the community centre, 8pm, at the basketball court. when i reached there, mat's were already laid on the floor and a number of people, about 30, were in thier aikido 'gi' (the uniform). i, being one of the newcomers, wore my typical t-shirt and pants. i was the onli one who didnt wear something that covered my whole leg.

the feeling of being a newcomer was a little awkward at first, as i didnt noe what to do. i was told to follow the rest first, which i did. we bowed to the picture of the founder of aikido, and we did some warm up. in case u didnt noe, i had went to the gym 2 days earlier from that thursday. i was already aching as my body had not recovered, esp my abdominal muscles. but there was no excuse when doing warm up...i was totally struggling when doing the warm up, didnt even do any aikido thing yet!

by the end of just the warm up, i was sweating, and panting. i wasnt ready to go there! damn i tot...shouldnt have gone to the gym!

however, after the warm up, the newcomers were separted from the rest. there were 5 newcomers including me. the oldest being a 37 year old man, followed by me, then a sec 1 malay girl, a primary 5 malay boy, and lastly, a very young malay boy whose age i still have not found out.

one of the intructors tutored us from then on, separately from the rest.

we learned how to forward roll, backward roll, do different stances, switching between these stances, falling down safely from a fall, and how to do a basic throw by utilising the stances we had just learned.

we had to roll and roll and roll over and over to get used to it. 4 times forward then 4 times backward. being thrown by people and rolling safely away. it was realli interesting though it was very physical! the whole of my back is aching now, even my shoulders, arms and thighs. the worst of all is my abdominal muscle!! even sneezing hurts!!! dammit!

and i was a little disapoint...cos there werent ANY CHIO BU'S AT ALL!!! >_< blaaargh! onli one lone gal for the young adults class and she isnt even pretty or anything. hahaha, i sound totally despo.

anyways, my friends, im going to australia soon! going to perth to visit my sister and just relax. too bad not going to melbourne or i might c the bitch again! hahaha! ill be gone for about 5 days i think...from the 14th of april

p.s.: i wanna go back to siglap again!!! hahaha! feel the urge of seeing my juniors...wonder how they are doing.