Well,
I trained a total of 15 days out of 30 days in september. That's pretty good for me. Tonite I did a little workout with my Goju-ryu instructor friend. I don't know the katas, but he does a pretty good warm-up work out routine. He designed his routine to strengthen the body and prepare the student for the okinawan goju-ryu techniques. The toughest part really is the type of push ups. His students do a push up, where you place your arms near your breast section, hold your body up one inch away from the ground, then lift one leg up (while you hold your body one inch from the ground); place the leg down, then lift the other leg up. You then stretch back into the yoga back stretch position and begin again. He does about twenty of these for beginners. He then goes into a series of sit ups that will definitely strengthen the abs, lower back, middle, upper back and so forth...
Did I forget to mention that you have to stay in form, while he walks through the class to correct and verify every student's form?
After that, I worked on the very basics: High, Middle and Low blocks. Tomorrow I will work on my punching and kicking excercises. I will also do some aikido fittings. No falls, I've got to rest my lower back muscles; for Sunday I want to participate in a three hour memorial seminar for Sugano Sensei.
I also had a wonderful conversation with a traditional Chinese Tai Chi (yes, the combat form) Sifu. He told me to join his class for a couple of months and see if it helps my Aikido. He says Aikido is more difficult than Tai Chi. Methinks, he was being kind. However, I will attempt it.
Ush!
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