Oldie but goodie

[Adrienne]

Hi there--

I studied in the early 60s so I'm older than most of you. My sensei studied under Ueshiba and we only had three belt rankings: white, brown and black. After studying for almost six years, I had achieved a brown belt. Then my sensei returned to Okinawa and unlike the Karate Kid, I couldn't follow.

For the past 30 years, I have been giving classes on self-protection to women and girls, showing them the great abilities they already have and the training they could discover through aikido. Now that I'm almost 62 and have arthritis, I walk with a cane but have no fear of vulnerability. Glad to be on this forum!

 

[Tez3]

Welcome to MT! Look forward to reading your posts as I bet you have a wealth of experience!

 

[terryl965]

Welcome and let me ask you, do you also teach any crane defense since you are using one? The reason is alot of elderly people I know have learn crane defense for protection as well.

 

[stickarts]

Welcome to MT!

 

[fyn5000]

Welcome to Martial Talk!

Fyn

 

[Sukerkin]

Welcome aboard, Adrienne. It will be a great pleasure to hear from a person of your depth of experience.

 

[bluekey88]

Welcome!

 

[Drac]

Greetings..Finally someone older than I...

 

[MBuzzy]

Welcome to MT! Happy posting!

 

[Xue Sheng]

Welcome to MT

 

[tshadowchaser]

Welcome to MT.
It is good to hear that you continued to train others

 

[Yondanchris]

Welcome to MT! What a great martial arts lineage