I trained Aikido for the first time last week, I asked a few of your guys for tips and you delivered Thanks!
i'll talk more about my indepth experience in a live later today but to sum it up my grandfather is appearently friends with the old instructor, he kinda smelled like very cheap sake and fresh laundry..
A bunch of the old guys where wearing very neat Hakama, meanwhile i pulled up wearing my raggedy old adidas pants i got from my dad (middle eastern europe babe)
Anyways I was the only one that was there, and the only girl, the rest where men aged from 30-70, i was told it was very strict but they kinda goofed around a bit which i found to be relieving, my stress level was through the roof, i was so scared of doing something wrong (which i did several times) or hurting someone, turns out i was the one who got thrown around, it was so fun!!
I was taught some Japanese sayings, so I can learn Japanese while doing something I enjoy :DD