Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 18:22:42 -0400
From: Mike Bartman
<MIKE.VMS@OMNIPHILE.COM>
Subject: Re: list seminar
Alan Drysdale said:
Ikeda Sensei was very gracious to allow us to use his very impressive dojo,
and is realy easy to talk with.
Yes! He was very friendly, and took many of the classes taught by the
other instructors (when he wasn't photographing them! :^), putting into
practice what he was preaching in his own class about trying new things
when you had the chance (didn't seem to be too many classes made up of
sweet and sour chicken pizza, happily! :^). He is energetic, positive,
polite to a fault, and in general someone worthy of respect on a number of
fronts. Jun and the other Boulder folks have a real treasure there.
Julian Frost looked different from what I expected, but was a lot
of fun.
He was also not too smart I think. He'd hurt his back a while before the
seminar, yet he still taught his class, not letting on how much pain he was
in until he had to leave dinner after the soup course to go lie down.
Julian, I hope you will take it easy for a while and let it heal!
I was a bit nervous teaching after seeing what an excellent job
other folks had done, but once I got started things seemed to unfold
on their own.
You did just fine Alan! I wish I'd been able to suck in enough air to
finish your class, but the half that I managed to make it through
before getting light-headed was very good. I hope I was doing what
you were teaching the way you were teaching it, rather than slipping
into "the usual" as was warned against here.
old for riving around on the mat, but it was rather nice to revisit
old stuff with Peter's ne waza.
Yeah, that stuff was fun! I was working way too hard at it, but it
was still fun! Maybe we can do some of that every seminar and
eventually maybe I'll figure out how to find the techniques like Peter
was...I got one or two, but the rest was mostly a few basic principles
and a lot of muscle.
BTW - anyone who wants to try this with Sean Fogarty, don't be fooled
by his size! He stood me on my head one time, despite being about
half my weight. Unless you are bringing something over 100 kilos
inside your obi, or have Peter's level of skill, you aren't likely to
do very well with him! :^)
practice and jiyuwaza. Emily's mini class was by far the best, though,
especially towards the end of the seminar: massage.
I liked the comedy bit it started with: Scott hurrying over to be uke, and
Peter racing over and flopping on top of him to get the good stuff first.
Luckily it didn't continue after that, or we'd have had to pry Scott off
the mat with a spatula...there were a number of volunteer "chew toys" for
that class! :^)
It was great seeing some old faces and meeting new ones. I was really sad
to leave at the end, but there's always next year.
Yeah, too bad we always have to have that part of a seminar. It's the only
part that isn't fun. On the other hand, the old question, "How can I miss
you if you won't go away?" does seem applicable. :^)
Once again, thanks to all the teachers and everyone I practiced with, with
special thanks to Ikeda Sensei, Jun, Joe (for picking us up at the airport),
and Mike (for getting us back to the airport).
Ummm...it's more a case of "thank you for getting *me* back to the
airport"! I don't navigate very well at that time of day, and I really
appreciate your assistance with that task...not to mention your and Anita's
company at "breakfast" (I'll have to try the "breakfast cone" myself next
time :^).
-- Mike "hope everyone got home without trouble" Bartman --
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