I'm sure you can all guess: this didn't end well for me.
But let's put this more in context first.
During my second year of aikido we had been doing quite a lot of nikkyo in GSJ. There was a minor joke running around at the time about how much I loved to take ukemi for nikkyo techniques, I can't entirely remember why, I think I had happened to be chosen for nikkyo ukemi a few lessons in a row by Sensei.
So Tom was covering a class as Sensei was away on at a seminar or something similar and was going to be teaching the same thing that Sensei had been focusing on recently, including nikkyo. Before class someone made a joke about how much I loved nikkyo and Tom said that he would make sure to pick me for nikkyo.
Then I said, "Bring it on."
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This was a mistake.
We must have done nikkyo for at least an hour. In that time Tom proceeded to bring it on to my wrists for every single demonstration during that hour.
I learnt more about nikkyo that day than I care to remember and I kid you not when I say that I could feel the consequences of my foolish comment for 3 whole months afterwards.
3 MONTHS! My wrists actually hurt for a quarter of a year. Can you imagine how much it hurt at the time?!
There is definitely a moral to this story and please pay attention and don't make the same mistake I did.
The moral is: NEVER GIVE CHEEK TO YOUR SENIORS.
Just don't do it. Ever. You'll regret it. They'll make you pay.
Thanks for reading folks!
