kujira tataki (raw whale)


kujira tataki (raw whale)
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teaching beginners

Managed to get to Honbu Dojo a few days ago and helped teach. Place was PACKED, and all beginners (even the instructors I hardly knew...man I must be OLD), plus another six people observing class.
Fun to teach total beginners again after not having trained nor taught for a while. They simply don't know anything so do EXACTLY what I say, to the point of being ridiculous. Which is good because it really helps me understand how others may think about how they are using their own bodies, and how the words I say and the things I show get interpreted so differently than what I intended to be teaching.
Good class, and it's nice to be a beginner myself again!

baba


baba
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Met Baba Mama and P and The Mighty Mo for lunch at Aux Bacchanals in Ark Hills. Mama was on her way to the airport to pick up Auntie Em!

lunch with mo


lunch with mo
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baba barbara!


baba barbara!
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cooking


cooking
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My boy is so tough, he don't even need to cook, he just eats the damp pot.

do re mi


do re mi
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In the "Toy Itself  Vs. Cardboard Box Toy Came In" debate, my girl is squarely on the side of the box.