Conrad's Public Shodan Training Plan page

My Aikido Sensei Henry Lynch asked for a training plan as I approached Shodan:

Aikido

You asked for a plan

and here it is

A plan as cunning

as a weasel's is.

The goal is this

(for me, at least):

To change the subconsious.

But how to do this?

My memory's short,

and flexibility low,

My Japanese scant,

but this, you know.

Some basic techniques

remain tricky for me:

Especially the slow ones,

like kaiten nage.

And others of Shodan

need practice too;

Hanmi handachi,

to name but a few.

And then there's

the hara, the posture, the ki,

Not to mention the flip side

of good ukemi.

But ultimately, I'm

not worried by grade

I just ask you to teach me

the tricks of the trade.

So it's time on the mat,

with focus as due:

A long journey but

I'm enjoying the view!