  So i jsut came back from awesome aikido training in canada. I got to train with my Sensei's Sensei. Boy is he an interesting guy. He's about 70 years old and the strongest guy i have ever known. He's skinnier then anything, hiding the fact that he has enough power to brake your elbow with his ine finger. The man is truly something inspiring. He goes beyond just techniques. He emphisizes the "do" of aikido. That's more of what i want from martial arts. Yet to be honest, i can't say that i understand it. No one can really explain to oyu because "the way" is something tht cannot be described and therefore any explanation or definition tha toyu give to it is wrong because it defiles "the way. " BTW i didn'y come up with that, the older sensei did, i paraphrase. I asked him all sorts of philosophical questions. He answered, but not in a self proclaimed sage sort of way. Instead he answered as a man who has gathered this information from years of learning just about anything and everything.
He felt human. Somehow, he made me feel that his power and his knowledge was not beyond my reach or anyones for that matter. It felt like all it took was expirience, an open mind, and adaptation. Alot of what i realized on the trip was that i have a long way to go. but is didn't dishearten me. It uplifted me, because it let me know just how far and yet how attainable it all was.
There are small things that i didn't notice about myself that i learned. LIke the fact that i attempt to doge or move away fromt hings instead of blending with them. Of course any of you reading this probably don't get waht the heck i'm talking about, but who cares this is more for my benifit then anything else. Sigh, i am so elated. I just want to practice aikido forever. 
