Aikido

I went to Aikido this morning with Flick. We went a rather long way to get there as we took a wrong turn and ended up cycling all the way round the school to get into it. We know which way to go now, at least. You can actually see the building from Cambridge House: Tempaizan Junior High School. In Japanese, that's 天拝山中学校 (tempaizan chuugakkou, or more affectionately: tempaichuu). The practice room is smaller than the at the police station, though is a downstairs as well, which the younger children went to today. We were allowed to stay today with the big boys who are better than we are. We did some cool moves, though, some involving knifes. Not real knifes, though, more wood carved in a vague shape resembling knifes. I can defend myself against three different knife attacks now though, if only I could remember how! Oh, well. It was fun doing it and I was able to wear my new clothes. I look like the real deal now, though I feel like a fool!

In the evening we watched "Garden State" together, starring Zach Braff and Natalie Portman. It's a strange little black-comedy written and directed by Braff, though it's pleasantly uplifting. Also, the sound track is excellent! Everyone enjoyed it.