<p>ⓒ Richard Levitte</p>
http://journal.richard.levitte.org/tags/aikido/Richard Levitte's journalikiwiki2008-07-06T23:21:28Z6th kyuhttp://journal.richard.levitte.org/entries/6th-kyu/2008-07-06T23:21:28Z2008-05-31T12:15:12Z
<p>Yesterday, I graduated to 6th kyu in <a href=
"http://journal.richard.levitte.org/entries/aikido/">Aikido</a>.</p>
Aikidohttp://journal.richard.levitte.org/entries/aikido/2008-07-06T23:21:28Z2008-05-31T10:20:40Z
<p>For a few years, I kept thinking that I needed to do some kind
of exercise/training, take care of my body. I was thinking about
doing the same thing as some of my co-workers, you know, lifting
weights and stuff. Or perhaps start jogging...</p>
<p>Booooring!</p>
<p>So I thought back to my teens when I did a little bit of
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judo">Judo</a> (not so much,
I only got to the yellow belt), and remembered liking that quite a
lot, but it still wasn't what I wanted, it was lacking...
something.</p>
<p>Then I recalled having watched a TV documentary on <a href=
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aikido">Aikido</a>, and how elegant
yet powerful it seemed. It combines body, mind and spirit in a way
that I like very much, almost like a dance (which I love).</p>
<p>I knew that a few of my friends were practicing, so I started
asking around, and it quickly became apparent that a number of them
practiced in the same <a href=
"http://www.vanadis-aikido.se/">dojo</a>. Of course I went there to
have a look.</p>
<p>Honestly speaking, it took me a while to shape my life to make
space for training. I started in the middle of last autumn, and
appeared irregularly for a while (sickness and a few other things
came in the way). You could call it a slow start. I'm hooked now,
though!</p>