Please take a moment to say who you are (first name only unless you want to do otherwise) and what style of aikido you practice and anything else you want to say about yourself and your goals. I'll start My name is Rachel and I practice Aikikai style aikido under the USAF. My instructor is Charlie McGinnis Sensei of…
Does anyone have a FB, HRM or BMF that they have worn on the mat? I wore my BMF to class a few weeks ago and in the 75- minute class I only expended @ 250-300 calories. It wasn't the most physical class but still seemed low. I am 5'2" and 149 lbs
Saturday was a great day with a 4-hour session of Jujitsu with our 6th Dan Soke. My son complained 'everything hurt' this morning so he mised his regular Aikido class. That was also a good class taken by our Hanshi, with new ways of doing basics - we currently have a lot of new students so it is a good time to go over…
Well I managed three hours with my bad hip. My entire body was really starting to hurt in hour three and I tried to do the fourth but thought better of it. I wore my BMF all the way through and found my calorie burn was equivalent to walking slowly for three hours. Very interesting as I always thought aikido expended more…
