{"id":6354,"date":"2015-08-24T18:02:03","date_gmt":"2015-08-25T02:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/?p=6354"},"modified":"2016-08-24T06:42:01","modified_gmt":"2016-08-24T14:42:01","slug":"aikido","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/aikido\/","title":{"rendered":"Aikido"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>August 20, 2015<\/h4>\n<p>AMS started training in Aikido by joining the Saturday Teen Class at the Aikido Center. \u00a0After about a month she was invited to start attending the Beginning\/Basic Aikido class on MWF. \u00a0So she&#8217;s going to Aikido 4 times a week. \u00a0Her progress has been meteoric due to the amount of time she&#8217;s spending on the mat and her 10 years of ballet training.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6358\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6358\" style=\"width: 228px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a 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and go straight to BLUE.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-6354 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/2015-07-20-21-30-53-1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/2015-07-20-21.30.53-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Aikido\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6360\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6360'>\n\t\t\t\tAikido\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/img_20150826_192637\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_20150826_192637-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Fall\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_20150826_192637-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_20150826_192637-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_20150826_192637-e1461478063168.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6361'>\n\t\t\t\tFall\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/img_20150919_105055\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_20150919_105055-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Aikido Pin\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_20150919_105055-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_20150919_105055-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_20150919_105055-e1461478040477.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6362'>\n\t\t\t\tAikido Pin\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/img_20150828_202305\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" 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aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20151031_105557-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20151031_105557-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20151031_105557-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20151031_105557-1-e1461513214540.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6440'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Pin\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/aikido\/20150817_190805-1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20150817_190805-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Aikido Throw\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6441\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6441'>\n\t\t\t\tAikido Throw\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4>November 21, 2015<\/h4>\n<p>Amelia has been accepted by the circle of black belts practitioners. \u00a0Although she has enough practice time to rank, she will wait to test for 5th kyu in March 2016.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6438\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6438\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/2015-10-31-11.10.11-1-e1461513179456.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6438 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/2015-10-31-11.10.11-1-300x185.jpg\" alt=\"The Warrior Novitiate\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6438\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Warrior Novitiate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 20, 2015 AMS started training in Aikido by joining the Saturday Teen Class at the Aikido Center. \u00a0After about a month she was invited to start attending the Beginning\/Basic Aikido class on MWF. \u00a0So she&#8217;s going to Aikido 4 times a week. \u00a0Her progress has been meteoric due to the amount of time she&#8217;s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/aikido\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Aikido<\/span> <span 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