Shochu-geiko: day 8

Wow, good day. I came into class feeling slow and lead-footed, and that feeling lasted past warm-ups and into the first few techniques. I eventually loosened up and by the end of class felt pretty good and was going through the new forms feeling pretty comfortable. We did hijishime and hijiate today at a pretty good pace, going through 5 or 6 techniques in the hour. The thing I found most difficult about these techniques was moving the arms into the correct position for the lock or throw.

Lil' Cuba came today, but spent he class training separately with The General while Stumpy ran the class. I feel bad that The General has to waste his time with him, but having a student train with him really slows things down. Overall, a good solution.

What's wrong with Lil Cuba? He moves very strangely and doesn't understand how Aikido works. Maybe he'll get better after some more training, but we'll see.