I'm Baaa-ack...For God this time.

As you can tell, I have been on a major hiatus from aikido.  When I got that new job in Miami, it made it really hard to get to aikido so...I sacrificed and stopped training for the sake of my career, gained a bunch of weight, accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior, and I am finally, FINALLY working as an attorney.  I recently met a fellow attorney and Christian lady at church who is really stressed out - what attorney is NOT stressed.  But I didn't just suggested, I really encouraged her and brought her to the dojo to see what it is all about.  And guess what? She signed up! WooHoo! I signed back up as well.

The who physical and mental discipline really helps take the stress off a long work day.  So, I'm out of shape, although I have lost a lot of that weight I gain when I started that job in Miami.  I also have a new perspective on life - a Christian one.  So, my spiritual discipline I will be practicing and discussing relates to my Christian faith, not the Eastern philosophical beliefs you can find laced in aikido.  Throughout my blog I will be unabasedly refer to scriptures and my faith and also discuss the challenges of really going back to aikido with a whole new perspective.  It not about techniques or who taught what but how I can be salt and light to those around me.  It also means, aikido is not the focus of my life, but Jesus Christ will be.  It's God First not Aikido, Sensei, Sempai, Kohai, training, etc.

So, Welcome to my Christian Aikido Journey.  It is going to focus on glorifying God and taking care of my body as the temple of the Holy Spirit and how I as a Christian experience aikido.  Here's a verse to consider:

1 Corinthians 6:19-20

New International Version (NIV)

¹⁹ Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; ²⁰ you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.

May God Bless You Always...