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A world of doofus
Sep. 14th, 2005 11:36 pmWe were about halfway through tonight's aikido class when Sensei asked folks taking their fifth kyu (for us, the second test) this weekend if they had any techniques they'd especially like to work on. The woman to my right mentioned a technique that she's having trouble performing against smaller attackers. Sensei then turned to me and called out my name.
The gears in my head began turning, almost audibly. Was I going to be asked to take the fifth kyu test over? Do I have techniques from the test I'd like to work on?
Crunch, crunch go the rissy-brain.
Finally, Sensei says, "Well, there aren't very many other folks shorter than me on the mat right now."
Comprehension dawns. The gears suddenly catch, and I finally get up to be demo uke. Yay! It's been over two years since I've been demo uke. And duh, I'm a totally huge dork.
I apologized later, and explained my confusion. Sensei's cool; he totally started giggling. [ETA: semicolon--the grammar choice of champions!]
On the plus side, one of the guys in the dojo told me my toenails were pretty cool.
The gears in my head began turning, almost audibly. Was I going to be asked to take the fifth kyu test over? Do I have techniques from the test I'd like to work on?
Crunch, crunch go the rissy-brain.
Finally, Sensei says, "Well, there aren't very many other folks shorter than me on the mat right now."
Comprehension dawns. The gears suddenly catch, and I finally get up to be demo uke. Yay! It's been over two years since I've been demo uke. And duh, I'm a totally huge dork.
I apologized later, and explained my confusion. Sensei's cool; he totally started giggling. [ETA: semicolon--the grammar choice of champions!]
On the plus side, one of the guys in the dojo told me my toenails were pretty cool.
