Exhaustion mingles with energy, emptiness and knowledge dance together.

As I get older, I find myself getting bored more easily.

When I started AikidoThe word "Aikido" is made up of three japanese characters: ai - harmony, ki - spirit, mind, or universal energy, do - the way. Thus Aikido is "the way of harmony with universal energy.", I asked a lot of questions…the answers, more often than not, were “keep coming to practice”.

Community is defined as an interacting population of various kinds of individuals in a common location, but that sentiment does not fully capture the depth of its meaning.

In my childhood, I thought I would grow up to be a musician.  I loved going to band class and being part of the group; but most of all I loved performing at the concerts.  I was moved by being enveloped in the powerful sounds of a full concert band, especially when we nailed a difficult passage.