Asked Nile, geek-filtering out the interesting stuff.
Painful... they don't trust me with sharp things: we train with the wooden tanto until 2nd Dan. People ask me what I do and I tell them: "Poke people with a pointy stick".
Oh, he was just attempting the 1st Kata whilst holding above knife. He doesn't even do Aikido. The scar is about 4mm long now - barely visible. But it amuses me.
No, my old club didn't let people use live blades till a high level either. :) Probably very wise of them!
Besht kept out of the hands of these young people, I shay...
...Having seen a man of 78 take his third Dan two weeks ago, at the start of Summer School. The look on the Tanteido uke's face when he realised he was no longer holding the knife was worth framing and keeping.
I have a visible scar across my wrist from a bottle opener, in exactly the place slashed by anatomically-inept suicides. Harmless, of course (except for Concerned Looks from medical types), but an annoying reason to always use a proper corkscrew.
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Date: 15 Aug 2004 15:27 (UTC)(Anonymous for the benefit of anyone who *doesn't* know. Gossip is worrying.)
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Date: 15 Aug 2004 16:09 (UTC)Trying Aikido with a dinner knife
Date: 15 Aug 2004 16:50 (UTC)Asked Nile, geek-filtering out the interesting stuff.
Painful... they don't trust me with sharp things: we train with the wooden tanto until 2nd Dan. People ask me what I do and I tell them: "Poke people with a pointy stick".
Re: Trying Aikido with a dinner knife
Date: 15 Aug 2004 18:33 (UTC)No, my old club didn't let people use live blades till a high level either. :) Probably very wise of them!
Re: Trying Aikido with a dinner knife
Date: 15 Aug 2004 19:50 (UTC)Besht kept out of the hands of these young people, I shay...
...Having seen a man of 78 take his third Dan two weeks ago, at the start of Summer School. The look on the Tanteido uke's face when he realised he was no longer holding the knife was worth framing and keeping.
I have a visible scar across my wrist from a bottle opener, in exactly the place slashed by anatomically-inept suicides. Harmless, of course (except for Concerned Looks from medical types), but an annoying reason to always use a proper corkscrew.