Mari Wiklund

AA (Anonymous Aikiholics)

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Mari
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To 1.11.2007

Facebookissa on oma tukiryhmä kaikille meille "aikiholisteille"… Jess! Vihdoinkin vertaistukea!! Alla on katkelmia ryhmän kuvauksesta. Tervetuloa messiin kaikki mainituista oireista kärsivät! Ryhmään voi liittyä kirjautumalla ensin facebookiin (mihin tahansa networkiin) osoitteessa http://www.facebook.com ja etsimällä sen jälkeen groupseista 'AA – Anonymous Aikiholics' -nimisen ryhmän.

"This is a support group for people who find themselves addicted to Aikido. You may be suffering (or enjoying) an Aikido addiction if you answer yes to one or more of the following:

  • You do 3-4 loads of white laundry per week
  • You especially buy white clothing and towels so you can have a full load when you wash your gi
  • You have more pictures on your wall from Aikido than parties and vacations
  • Minor bruises are such a natural occurrence your friends think they are birthmarks
  • You don’t complain about not having a life, you just think that going to Aikido every night is a perfectly suitable one
  • Your plans for holidays include visiting other dojos
  • You think wooden weapons make the best Christmas presents 
  • You use duck tape to mend everything (cuts, sprains, ripped clothing)
  • You think the best hugs end in somebody falling down
  • You dust the kamiza in the dojo more than you dust in your own room
  • You think the 15 minutes between classes is for practicing MORE Aikido
  • You sometimes look really stupid in public because you accidentally bow when talking to someone
  • You entertain your friends by taking forward rolls on concrete
  • You are constantly tempted to throw your boyfriend/girlfriend into a sweet kotagaeshi break fall when you are holding hands
  • You sit in seiza all the time because it is now comfortable 
  • You knee walk instead of bending over
  • Your day isn't complete if you can stand up at the end of it
  • The harder you are beaten, the more you know you are loved
  • You wear your gi pants around the house because they are so damn comfortable
  • You get really mad at jackets with the lapel buttons with the right side on top
  • Nobody can tell you are limping because something is screwed up on both sides of your body"