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After Class

Gratitude and Appreciation

Expect to cultivate an attitude of gratitude and appreciation. You will appreciate the efforts made by others to show up and train with the discipline that has allowed them to advance and share their learning with you. You can look forward to the day when new students will appreciate, and be grateful for, what you will share with them.

Not Knowing

Aikido does not lend itself to easy description or definition, even by the best of practitioners. You may not totally remember what you learned. Learning will be gradual. There will always be more questions than answers in aikido. The beauty of the art is that it keeps refining and teaching you.

Exhaustion

Breath control is another factor of aikido that many beginning students do not anticipate. The cardiovascular aspects of being out of shape for the vigorous workout may leave you out of breath as well. As a new student, you will be taught to breathe normally while executing the aikido techniques and when taking the falls. Your cardiovascular fitness will increase over time. What once made you out of breath will later only take your breath away as you experience the beauty of aikido.