Gone to two sessions of this with another 43thinger. 2 hours of learning quite choreographed movements and falling on ones butt a lot. This seems to summarise all the new things am learning at the mo: surfing, rollerblading, aikido. Basically to learn a new thing you have to fall on your butt a lot I have discovered. Am not sure about the “philosophy” attached to aikido, but the grace of the movements practised by someone skilful is very genuine. It will take some years to get good at it I feel, my posture is bad and I can’t breakfall properly, but it is early days yet. Can I go for at least a year? I hope so … I am faddy so I suspect I won’t, but I hope I will.