Pimple Of The Earth
My spring trip to CA was a wonderful experience. It started out as a trip to visit my former Aikido students in California. The young budding professionals are now married with kids. I love going to spend time with them and play "Aikido Grandma". Thanks to the efforts of James Nachbauer, the simple visit turned into a series of special classes in three different dojos in the Bay Area. The tour ended with a class at Aikido of Berkeley. Aikido students from at least five dojos participated. People seem to know each other quite well and get along fine. I have the feeling that they get together to train at seminars and special claasses quite often. If you consider community building as one of the goals of Aikido, I sincerely think that the Bay Area deserves an A. After class, some students wearing white belts came to talk to me. Most of them were smaller people. This is not the first time small Aikido students tell me how encouraged they...
