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We have just concluded our fourth annual Aiki Week with seven consecutive days of training in August. Wow. What a great week!

We started the week with a enjoyable potluck Saturday evening after our first day of training. During the week we focused on areas that we normally don’t seem to get around to do during our normal training classes, including koshi and randori. In addition, we added four weapons classes that included tachi waza and tanto waza.

The week went really fast and even though I was tired at the beginning of this year’s training week, the energy on the mat quickly picked me up, propelling us all through the week. The training was amazing! I do not remember training so hard in years past, but this year the energy just kept building, pushing us harder and harder each day. We all certainly did our fair share of rolls during the week.

Thanks to everyone who participated in making this one of the best training weeks I can remember, with excellent fun for all. Also thank you Darrell White for hosting a great evening of good food, friendship and plenty of Aikido videos.