Thursday, October 15, 2015

Seattle Day 1 (part 2)



We made it!

I think the mountain passes are officially the prettiest part of the trip so far (except for the pastry, but that comes later).
You already heard about dinner at Delancey last night, except, as a Brussels sprouts non-appreciator he neglected to mention the ridiculously delicious wood oven roasted Brussels sprouts with charred leek vinaigrette and goat gouda. We ate them all before taking a picture even occurred to anyone.

Class at Tenzan Aikido was fantastic. It was really interesting to see completely different weapons work, which I'm definitely hoping to bring home. Everyone at the dojo was very welcoming, and the way Sensei explained the techniques was very clear which I appreciated (especially given that it was TOTALLY different than anything I've done before). I think I've found my new favorite ryote dori kokyu nage. Nage hardly has to do any work, and uke gets some fun air time (or at least, I did). Lots of carrot salad to try!

Here is a video of the jo kata (it is a work in progress).

This morning we had out first pastry of the trip, from Honore bakery (named after the patron saint of bakers, if you were wondering). Huckleberry danish, Kouign Amann, and a croissant. They were all completely amazing, and I'm hoping it hasn't ruined us for the rest of the trip.
Tonight, first class with Jan Sensei, and probably a visit to the farmers' market near the hosting dojo. This is just a pre-class, the real seminar starts tomorrow.

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