So, You Want To Start Aikido?: Chapter 59: Does anyone else suffer from mat withdrawl or is it just me I wonder............

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Wednesday, 7 March 2012

Chapter 59: Does anyone else suffer from mat withdrawl or is it just me I wonder............

Right that's it, I've had enough, I have to go back!

In case you're wondering what this is all about, I have had a hip injury which has laid me up for the last three weeks and subsequently, this means no Aikido.

Due to the nature of the injury, recovery has been slow but is progressing. But I want to go back to the Dojo NOW, darn it! Like this week, not next week or the week after. Now.

I honestly thought that with having done Aikido now for more than 5 years I would be better at managing injury, in fact even maybe be forgiven for welcoming the rest perhaps?

Nope, I miss it. I really do. I miss the social interaction, the training, and the hard mats (actually I'm fibbing-I don't miss the hard mats one bit).

So I'm really suffering from Mat Withdrawl. Right now, all I want to do is to run across a matted area and perform several ukemi in rapid succession. Not sure what thats about really.

Its interesting that the longer I've been practising Aikido, the harder it is to break off. Its hard to explain to anyone who doesn't do a martial art, but its almost like the spirit of Aikido takes hold of you and moulds itself to you. When you're not training for a while, and you do go back its like welcoming an old friend inside your home.

I hope to be back very soon, and it will quickly feel like I've never been away.........