{"id":3309,"date":"2016-01-28T13:32:15","date_gmt":"2016-01-28T13:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.averral.com\/blog\/?p=3309"},"modified":"2016-02-01T08:50:21","modified_gmt":"2016-02-01T08:50:21","slug":"aikido-day-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.averral.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/aikido-day-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Aikido Day One\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The students lined up in a row as I knelt alongside with them as we bowed with our hands and forehead to the ground to the invisible air before the lesson started. <\/p>\n

I spotted the Taoist logo of yin and yang on the back of the white uniform shirt of one of the students. Then I spotted that their Chinese names were engraved on their skirts. Starting from the bottom as a white belt, I was humbled by the experience as my eyes opened to learning a new skill set – martial arts. <\/p>\n

The focus was on maintaining postures and being present in the moment. It involved mental and physical concentration and before the lesson started, I was sweating all over from meditating on my knees. <\/p>\n

After a few body rolls that involved lifting my legs to the air on my back and standing back up, I felt dizzy. When I finally stood up the blankness of white clouded my vision. I wonder if I am physically fit to take this on and fight when imitating postures is lesson one. <\/p>\n

Now, I am curious to learn Qi Gong to complement my martial arts training. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The students lined up in a row as I knelt alongside with them as we bowed with our hands and forehead to the ground to the invisible air before the lesson started.  I spotted the Taoist logo of yin and yang on the back of the white uniform shirt of one of the students. Then […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n