After a year and a half of training in both Aikido and TSYR,
the toll on work and family has been too much and I have decided to stop my
aikido practice. It is with a heavy heart that I do this but it finally
completes the transition from one art to another, which was the original topic
of this blog. I will keep contact with my aikido club as I trained for nine
years with that dojo and know I am always welcome to come back. However, TSYR
sets new challenges and I take keppan very seriously. I have made a commitment
to learning this old art as well as I can so it may be kept alive and I intend
to do that.
I want to take this time to thank Clyde Sutton, my aikido
sensei for his time and experience in developing me into the martial artist I
am now. If not for my aikido training I do not believe I would have been ready
physically or mentally for training in TSYR. I also thank anyone who trained
with me on the mat because you people helped by progress as well. One doesn’t
get far in martial arts without training partners. I intend to keep in contact
with the Aikido club and keep that door open. As my young family gets older and
if time allows, I may drift back into aikido training along side TSYR training
once more. Time will tell.
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