Hello! I'm new to this board and I just wanted to introduce myself. First off, I found this link on Martialtalk and I think this is a cool site. Anyway, I've been practicing Aikido (Yoshinkan/aikikai style) for slightly over 2 years now and I'm currently 5th kyu working towards 4th. I love Aikido all though I am very clumsy and I'm constantly forgetting what technique I'm supposed to be doing (much to the frustration of my poor uke!) too. I finally got my first hakama a few weeks ago and I'm still learning how to get up without tripping and how to fold it. Anyway, it's nice to be here and it's nice to meet you all. Fuzzy Panther :Angel:
Hello there Hakama's do take some time to get used to most of all when you do a forward roll !! Still good luck and keep with it for it will come in time and training
Hi Fuzzy Panther, Nice to see you on the forum. Watch out for the Aikido Nutcases from Edinbugh! I'd love to know where your 'handle' comes from, but I'm scared to ask Enjoy! Andy
"Handle"??????? If you mean "Fuzzy Panther" I'm borrowing that name from my kitten Kasumi. Kasumi is my baby :love: and she's all black with yellow eyes and she's ALWAYS playful so I nicknamed her Fuzzy Panther. That's were I get my name. I use a different name on other forums. What that name is...you'll have to discover for yourselves! Fuzzy Panther :Angel:
Hiya Fuzzy Panther, Welcome to the forum. Wonder how you managed to find that link on MartialTalk? ( ) This is an extremely varied forum. As Andy warned though, there are some real nutcases on this forum! Welcome and I look forward to discovering what your handle is on other forums
Welcome to the forum! I'm quite new to the forum myself but i have been made most welcome by everyone, and people listen most respectfully to what you have to say here. CHEERS GUYS! Again......... welcome! P.S i too take my name from my cat.
If you're not feeling overwelcomed yet, here's another. I've just done a little bit of aikido, and I'm not named after any of my cats, but having a good forum is all about diversity, right?
Welcome to the Forum Fuzz. I guess I`d be one of those nutcases from Edinburgh. You should like the site, we`re all proud of it. Good to have another Aikidoka on the boards.
I keep hearing about all these "nutcases" that are supposed to be on this forum! Where are they? I haven't found any yet. Then again, I just just got here and haven't yet had the time to read past threads. Fuzzy Panther :Angel:
I may not be an Akido practitioner, but welcome! I just came on a week ago and have found this site to be very informative and it makes my day a little less hectic. Plus, I've have received other ways to look at things. Let me say that the more you practice "Danielson" the less conscious of being relatively new you'll feel. Wax on-wax off!~
Fuzzy Panther, I'm wondering in that you said that you have a cat called Kasumi that's Black with Yellow eyes that you also nickname Fuzzy Panther... What food does she like the best? I'm going out tonight and hope to pick up a stray cat and thought it would be good to know what types of food they like, etc. Any tips would be appreciated. Oh, yeah I forgot to mention. I'm insane. Hope that doesn't bother you.
Well Jim, if you really want to know what Kasumi eats......I feed her the dry cat food. She'll eat any kind whether it's her kitten food or the other 2 cats Senior-hairball control-food. I'm sure she'd love the canned cat food if I got some. She loves to try to steal tuna or anything meat but Kasumi also loves peaches too. One of my other cats is powerless against cheese and any type of cookie that has frosting. Go figure. If you're really going to pick up a stray cat, I'm sure it would eat mostly anything but dry food (like the little kibbles) is usually cheaper and you can leave a bowl of it out for days without smelling up your house (I believe the canned food would get nasty if it stayed out for long without being eaten). I also wouldn't feed a cat any cream or milk because unless you had a litter box on hand since too much dairy effects cats like humans. (I'm no expert on all this. This is just my observations on living with cats my whole life.) Fuzzy Panther :Angel:
I resemble that comment!!!! No I don't....I resent that comment!!! We are not nutters, we are perfectly well adjusted, sane, sensible people. Okay I'll let you off on thinking that FreeForm is a nutter - you're right.....Spike,well, yes, he is a little strange in the head....okay, okay FluffyDoc has some sort of symbiotic relationship with the local brewery and is obsessed with all things fluffy (we went and watched Reign Of Fire and she now wants to be a dragon....with a fluffy tail!)....and Tintin (our honourable if somewhat short Sensei) is not completely normal (never trust short people - their brains are too near their bums!)....but I am!!! I would have responded to this thread earlier but I have been busy fighting against the evil Captain Birdseye and discussing the future of the human race with Bob, my elf. There is no spoon!!!! Welcome O Panther of the Fuzzy variety!