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Date: Mon Jun 04 2001 - 01:31 PM
Name: AaaRk Sensei
Location: Antarctica Aikikai
Comments: Well, this is all a bit odd. Not untrue, mind you, just odd.
Date: Tue Jun 05 2001 - 10:04 PM
Name: janet
Email: janet@zanshinart.com
Location: left coast,northern area
Homepage: http://www.zanshinart.com
Comments: the artist formerly known as a nurse salutes you!
*And my best to the left coast- AaaRk**
Date: Tue Jun 05 2001 - 10:51 PM
Name: Dave
Email: pixiebob@bigfoot.com
Location: a bit right of janet
Homepage: http://wishIhadone.com
Comments: the cat likes the berg. I should send this like to the folks at mcMurdo . . .
*We did! See below. -AaaRk*
Date: Tue Jun 05 2001 - 11:40 PM
Name: Beate Kawelke
Email: kawelke@t-online.de
Location: Stuttgart, Germany
Homepage: http://www.tsg-stuttgart.de
Comments: ;-) Greetings from the other side of the big pond...
*From Antarctica, everywhere is the other side of the pond!- AaaRk*
Date: Tue Jun 05 2001 - 11:46 PM
Name: Bev Corwin
Email: bev@enso-center.org
Location: Seattle WA USA
Homepage: http://www.enso-center.org
Comments: Some Bir(d)g!
*Some Brrrrr! - AaaRk*
Date: Wed Jun 06 2001 - 12:30 AM
Name: Gordon Wormser
Email: don_gordito@hotmail.com
Location: Brooklyn, NY, USA
Homepage:
Comments: Someone has way too much time on their hands!!!!
*That's flippers, Gordo! And say Hi to Hal.- AaaRk*
Date: Wed Jun 06 2001 - 01:59 AM
Name: Gary
Comments: What is a penguin? Gary
*Good to see you're still exploring the world around you. - AaaRk*
Date: Wed Jun 06 2001 - 02:21 AM
Name: Ubaldo Alcantara
Email: alcanta@svn.com.br
Location: Brazil (Halfway to Antart
Comments: Congratulations on a very funny and well developed home-page. You made me feel the itch to go train with you. My best regards to AaArk Sensei! Ubaldo
*You're halfway down to us already! We'd be happy to help you with that itching problem; a little talcum is always walcome.- AaaRk*
Date: Wed Jun 06 2001 - 02:25 AM
Name: Peter Swann
Email: peterjswann@hotmail.com
Location: England
Comments: Most excellent!!
*And less filling. -AaaRk*
Date: Wed Jun 06 2001 - 06:42 AM
Name: Monica
Email: monica@the-dojo.com
Location: Midwest of nowhere
Homepage: http://www.the-dojo.com/mn
Comments: My sensei, exposed for what he is.... ;-) Your site is absolutely chilling.
*Puns are the lowest form of humor; well, after my web page, the penultimate form or humor- AaaRk*
Date: Wed Jun 06 2001 - 07:42 AM
Name: Da Budo Bum
Email: peter@budogu.com
Location: on the road
Homepage: http://budogu.com
Comments: One of my traveling sales penguins will be stopping by to offer our humble wares shortly.
*Sounds like some sort of Arthur Miller play.- AaaRk*
Date: Wed Jun 06 2001 - 08:23 AM
Name: Jon C Strauss
Email: Wiglaf1@aol.com
Location: 1 mile above sea level
Homepage: http://www.fort-aikido.com
Comments: Uh, do you guys have a deshi program?
*Have you seen the size of our rookery? We've got deshi up to our chin feathers- AaaRk*
Date: Wed Jun 06 2001 - 08:54 AM
Name: Paul Kerr
Email: pwk@xs4all.nl
Homepage:
Comments: Have to work on my flipper grip....
*Just how likely is it that you will be attacked by a penguin?- AaaRk*
Date: Wed Jun 06 2001 - 03:18 PM
Name: Mike Cummins
Email: aikido@b13.co.uk
Location: Bear-mingham, Uk
Comments: Cold enough for Wendy? Mike
Date: Wed Jun 06 2001 - 03:30 PM
Name: Anne Cummins
Email: anne@b13.co.uk
Location: Birmingham, UK
Comments: Do you eat many biscuits? Anne
*Krill on biscuits is the ambrosia of the gods.- AaaRk*
Date: Wed Jun 06 2001 - 04:50 PM
Name: mark gingras
Email: mark_gingras@videotron.ca
Location: montreal
Comments: I wish our dojo had such an-ice surface to pract- ice on. If our dojo had such a surface, our tenkan's would be smoother, and it yould be a lot easier to understand how to guide Uke into a downward spiral. All we would have to do is drop a large chunk of ice over the edge of our iceberg creating a downward spiral into which we could both dive. Before signing off... I must mention that AaaRk sensei's teaching is the stuff of ledgend. Take the time he asked his class to go with the flow. It took a whale to bring everyone back on course.
*"Call me AaaRk.- AaaRk*
Date: Wed Jun 06 2001 - 07:48 PM
Name: Daniel Laurendeau
Email: danaikitram@videotron.ca
Location: Montreal, Canada
Comments: Sub-elevating !
*"Quiet please for the Sub-elevating moment!- AaaRk*
Date: Wed Jun 06 2001 - 08:29 PM
Name: Greg Jennings
Email: jenningsgreg@home.com
Location: Montgomery, AL
Homepage: http://www.capitalcityaikido.com/
Comments: ROTFLMAO!! Please say "Hi" to Wendy for me. I miss her being on the list. Best Regards, Greg J.
*Done! And good luck re-attaching your ass.- AaaRk*
Date: Wed Jun 06 2001 - 09:12 PM
Name: Paul Gowder
Email: paul@paultopia.net
Homepage:
Comments: Are ducks allowed to train there too? Does AaaRk Sensei know about Baker Sensei's known tendency to speak duck, unprovoked? =-)
*Ducks would be frozen down to their pin feathers. And a good duck impression is always provoked.- AaaRk*
Date: Wed Jun 06 2001 - 09:21 PM
Name: Crystal Wizard
Email: crystal.wizard1@excite.co
Location: texas
Homepage: http://cyberwizards.com/~pkme
Comments: Much hotter here than there ;). I think this needs to be voted one of the best sites on the net.
*I cannot disagree.- AaaRk*
Date: Wed Jun 06 2001 - 10:23 PM
Name: andrea
Email: amkscuba@yahoo.com
Location: california
Comments: why do some of the penguins have human feet, while others have birdie feet? have genetically modified fish been to blame for this?
*This has been answered in the FAQ- AaaRk*
Date: Wed Jun 06 2001 - 10:52 PM
Name: Wolfgang Stamp
Email: aikido@dojo-stamp.de
Location: Germany
Homepage: http://www.dojo-stamp.de
Comments: Great! Especially the FAQ! "What style of Aikido do you teach? A modified traditional style. We waddle; we can't stand in hanmi; we don't roll very well; .... All life adapts; all art reflects." Well, thats what we do! (without being penguins!) Grettings from Germany to the very South! Wolfgang
*Well, now you are honorary penguins.- AaaRk*
Date: Thu Jun 07 2001 - 01:26 AM
Name: Mark Tell
Email: marktell@bigpond.com
Location: Davis Station, Antarctica
Homepage: http://www.highfrequency.net
Comments: Hmmm,,, very different. But Funny. Have a good day
*Dress warm and bring the beer indoors.- AaaRk*
Date: Thu Jun 07 2001 - 05:40 AM
Name: Deborah Townsend
Email: deborah_townsend@sunlife.
Location: AYC, Toronto, Canada
Homepage: http://www.aikido.ca
Comments: Thank you, this is the most delightful piece of aikido nonsense I've read in a long, long time. I train with Philip, hence the opportunity to see you web sight. Your spirit is a beacon to those oh-so-serious aikido-ka who need to lighten up :-) Someone spent a lot of time and love on this and it shows. Thank you.
*Ask Akin Sensei about "God love him".- AaaRk*
Date: Thu Jun 07 2001 - 07:35 AM
Name: eva lastimoza
Email: lastimoza@hotmail.com
Location: AYC TORONTO ONTARIO
Homepage: http://www.aikido.ca
Comments: Well done! I train with Phil Akin and Deborah Townsend with the best Sensei in North America Sensei Kemida. But looking forward to visit and train under Sensie AaaRk in the neer future. THANKS FOR A GOOD LAUGH!
Date: Thu Jun 07 2001 - 05:15 PM
Name: Mike Bartman
Email: plonk@omniphile.com
Location: A bit north of you...
Comments: Very good! A few typos here and there, but who cares when the idea is so well carried off! Great job! (If you have larger versions of some of the pics, it would be nice to "click for a larger version" in some cases...if not, I'll squint! :^)
*Spelling is not a penguin's forte, however, corrections have been made.- AaaRk*
Date: Thu Jun 07 2001 - 05:57 PM
Name: Shari Dyer
Email: aikido@advdojo.org
Location: Concord, CA, USA
Homepage: http://www.advdojo.org
Comments: Delightful. Want to exchange links?
*Sorry, we don't eat sausage.- AaaRk*
Date: Fri Jun 08 2001 - 06:41 PM
Name: George & Gerry
Email: aikido@interlog.com
Location: Toronto, Canada
Homepage: http://www.@interlog.com/~aikido
Comments: Your website is lots of fun! We enjoyed it very much. Thanks!
Date: Sat Jun 09 2001 - 06:34 AM
Name: Jim Ashby
Email: ashbyjmkz@btinternet.com
Location: Coventry, England
Comments: Mad as a very mad thing! I thought that Sensei Baker looks like he would fit right in at our Dojo. Jim "not bad for a fat bloke" Ashby.
*I do believe Baker Sensei has a sign, "Will teach for beer".- AaaRk*
Date: Sat Jun 09 2001 - 10:14 AM
Name: Ted Ehara
Email: tedehara@yahoo.com
Location: Chicago
Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/tedehara
Comments: Cool!
*No, cold.- AaaRk*
Date: Sat Jun 09 2001 - 10:30 AM
Name: Grev Cooke
Email: grev.cooke@ntlworld.com
Location: Bedworth England
Homepage: http://www.phoenix-aikido.com/
Comments: Cool site Prosthetics There is an articulated arm available from an articulated arm manufacturer; maybe this can be modified for Penguin use? An alternative is to let natural selection take place. Anyone who has practiced Aikido for many years develops huge wrists, love handle hips and a loss of all reason. By this hypothesis a Penguin who practices long enough would develop the necessary fingers and thumbs. History The ICEni passed the martial spirit onto the Penguins during the occupation. At this time Sensei Boudicca would be the most influential teacher, her philosophical approach was to leave a lasting impression. If you look into the eyes of a Penguin the muso aspect from Sensei Boudicca will be present and Enzan no Metsuki (looking at a distant Iceberg) is directly attributed to her. Their concentration is legendary, who else could fall over just looking at a plane, over and over again! The Hombu generally has periods of greatness; Ueshiba’s first period, the second generation students, the Ice age, also known as the ICEni Penguin era and latterly the “I’m a true master as I read the first printing of Bru Tegges Aikido locks and holdalls and practiced with a now dead master who lost my Certificated and can not verify my authenticity. Terms Ice age; never ask a Penguin his age as the rely is always “how old do think I am”, this will inevitally result is an embarrassing reply. Ice dine; I serve, corrupted a term during the German occupation. Icebreaker; huge breakfall Ice fall; result of huge breakfall, see Icebreaker. Personal I think many Aikidoka can sympathise with your training hardships as from personal experience I have practiced early on a Winter’s morning and the first job was to clear the Ice from the tatami, then cover any fissures in the mat to ensure no one was kicked in the ice hole. Forum I am unsure of many other aspects of Aikido on Ice and I am sure other readers can fill in some of the gaps, especially the blue period and some of the more esoteric terminology.
*I think that Grev has been into the krill a little too much lately.- AaaRk*
Date: Sat Jun 09 2001 - 01:05 PM
Name: David
Email: dchristi@bellsouth.net
Location: the other end of the mat
Comments: I'm trying to work my way over to your side of the mat...there are obsticles...none unsurmountable. Great to hear from you.
*We'll save some sushi for you!- AaaRk*
Date: Sat Jun 09 2001 - 02:02 PM
Name: Emilia
Email: cervante@iol.pt
Comments: Great page!!!I would love to go one day to one of you seminars Emilia
*Remember to bring your thermal hakama.- AaaRk*
Date: Sat Jun 09 2001 - 05:34 PM
Name: Kevin Bradley
Email: aikidorat@msn.com
Location: Aurora, IL.
Comments: Too bad about the t-shirts. I would've sent some nose warmers in a swap.
*Our noses are never cold; now, if you had some butt warmers... -AaaRk*
Date: Sat Jun 09 2001 - 05:36 PM
Name: Luis Fernando Villa Wence
Email: aikiach@yahoo.com
Location: Juarez, Chihuahua Mexico
Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/aikiach
Comments: Rciban Saludos desde el Desierto Norte Barbaro de Mexico. Greetins from the Rugged Nothern Barbarian Deserts of Mexico I really enjoy your page and I'm very glad Aikido is in your neck of the woods, Say hello to Sensei and lets keep in touch, se despide su amigo de Mexico Luis Fernanado Villa Wences State Chairman, Chihuahua Aikikai Mexico Aikikai
*Como dice la provecha: Tan triste Mexico, tan lejos de Antarctica, tan proximo a los Estados Unidos. -AaaRk*
Date: Sat Jun 09 2001 - 09:27 PM
Name: Charles Lewis
Email: aikido4life@hotmail.com
Location: kansas city, missouri
Comments: Hilarious site. Loved it!
*Taste still resides in Missouri.- AaaRk*
Date: Sun Jun 10 2001 - 01:05 AM
Name: Yuko AKA "Pretzel-San"
Email: MysticDragoness@Aol.com
Location: Lost somewhere. . .
Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/vlyandra
Comments: I absolutely *love* your site.... it's hilarious! Penguins doing shihonage strike me as funny.... One by one, the penguins steal my sanity. And obviously, this Seikeikan sempai needs sleep. Nice site nevertheless! =)
*YOU need sleep; down here the nights last for months!- AaaRk*
Date: Sun Jun 10 2001 - 09:30 AM
Name: TAC One (Stefano)
Email: tacone@_remove_gmx.net
Location: Italy (on the alps)
Homepage: http://tacone.hobbiton.org
Comments: I am very interested in your aikido training. I'd like to know if you have any uchideshi program. If so please write me. Thx in advance.
*Sorry, we're only accepting flightless birds as deshi at the moment.- AaaRk*
Date: Sun Jun 10 2001 - 09:44 AM
Name: Jamie Fearon
Email: Jamiefearon@talk21.com
Location: England, North Yorkshire
Homepage: http://www.richmondaikido.btinternet.co.uk
Comments: What a Great Site, this is the funnest Aikido Site I have ever seen. Well Done. But tell me this, there is not really an Aikido Dojo in Antartaca is there?
*You cut me to the quick, Sir. I would expect more willing suspension of belief from someone in North Yorkshire just coming out of Labour victory- AaaRk*
Date: Sun Jun 10 2001 - 10:34 AM
Name: Sean Orchard
Email: sean@deepMUNGEsoup.freeuk
Location: Sheffield, UK
Homepage:
Comments: Wonderful site, AaaRk sensei, an inspiration to flightless birds everywhere! Thankyou, thangyouverymuch! (I'd watch out for that Jim Baker fellow, though, I think he's a couple of herrings short of a picnic. :o)
*Trust me, being Jim Baker must be no picnic; a herring, maybe, but no picnic,- AaaRk*
Date: Sun Jun 10 2001 - 11:23 AM
Name: Tashi Steve Sells
Email: kyoto@ctlnet.com
Location: Fort Wayne Indiana USA
Comments: great Site. BUt I think I will pass on joining you for a class. But the sushi sounds realy fresh Steve
*Fresh AND properly chilled!- AaaRk*
Date: Sun Jun 10 2001 - 11:25 AM
Name: Anne Schwaderer
Email: a.schwaderer@surfeu.de
Location: Kiel, Germany
Comments: Nice to see that there are some more Antarctic aikidoka. I`m not the only one of my dojo doing marine science, some of my collegues went to the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar Research in Bremerhaven and started the FIGHTING PENGUINS department of our dojo. On their long voyages on RV Polarstern towards the Antarctic some of them set up an aikido dojo in one of the unused rooms. If the weather was nice, weapons training was on the helicopter deck. One of my friends has a quite spectacular (pasted...) photo of her and a friend doing ken tai ken on an ice floe. Anne
*So THAT'S who they were. The sailors said there were some guys in dresses pretending to be helicopters with big sticks for rotors, but they just thought they were daft!- AaaRk*
Date: Sun Jun 10 2001 - 06:56 PM
Name: Ignacio
Email: nachow@uole.com
Location: Buenos Aires
Comments: Greetings from Argentina! Someday I will take some time and go practice there under AaaRk Sensei. I'm dying to learn sliding shikko.. I don't know if my knees would stand that. Didn't you invite The Pengüin from Batman to practice. and maybe improve his behaviour?
*Ah, but "The Penguin" from Batman was fantasy; we are real.- AaaRk*
Date: Sun Jun 10 2001 - 08:13 PM
Name: David Robinson
Email: Ranger-Dave@webtvnet
Location: Palm arbor Fl
Comments: It's hot and humid here and our stars are not the same either. I miss the southern hemisphere at times. The snow I do not miss. Say Hello to the Emperors for me. I find them too large and pompus to be good uki's. Tchau for now , Nagi
*Sometimes the pompous make the most best ukes because they must fall from such lofty heights.- AaaRk*
Date: Sun Jun 10 2001 - 09:48 PM
Name: Brian Gillispie
Email: aikisith@yahoo.com
Location: Winston-Salem, NC 27104
Homepage: http://www.myoshinkan.com
Comments: Great idea for the page. Im hooked.
*If you were a fish, we'd reel you in.- AaaRk*
Date: Mon Jun 11 2001 - 01:44 AM
Name: Charles Snell
Email: kenshinzen@hotmail.com
Location: Glasgow, Scotland
Comments: Excelent site. Aa'rrk sensei........ Stangely enough he looks kinda like one of our 4th dan.
*I look like MOST 4th dans. Just look around at your next seminar and watch how many of the oldtimers waddle like me!- AaaRk*
Date: Mon Jun 11 2001 - 02:33 AM
Name: Wong Onn Yong
Email: wongoy@cari.net.my
Location: Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia
Homepage: http://shobukan.iscool.net
Comments: Penguin also pratice Aikido,however,keep it up.
*Of course we do; we are practically born centered.- AaaRk*
Date: Mon Jun 11 2001 - 04:09 AM
Name: luis cebrero
Email: Luis_cebrero@hotmail.com
Location: miami fl.
Comments: Who says Aikidoka don't have a good sense of humor!You obviously worked hard on this site.keep up the good work.
*From Miami, yet! To you guys, 65 degrees F is freezing.- AaaRk*
Date: Mon Jun 11 2001 - 04:33 AM
Name: Russell Eberhardt
Email: russell@eberhardt.org.uk
Location: England
Homepage: http://www.reberhardt.freeserve.co.uk/aikido/
Comments: Brilliant! Keep up the good work.


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