Reports

For lunch most of the participants went to the nearby Ristorante Piazzano. Maurizio had taken over the administrative part of the seminar, including organizing lunch. He also insisted on offering a round of digestifs at his table.
In the afternoon, Claudio (7th Dan) continued the lessons. In his humorous way, he treated some techniques under the three methodical aspects of execution from a standing position, from movement and in dynamic form. After that, Maurizio (9th Dan) took over and first of all handed out a stack of handwritten certificates for a series of Aikido. In his classes, he took on a number of back attack techniques.
The teachings throughout the seminar were of a high standard. The grades of the teachers are given here only to indicate that they can draw on a long experience and practice. Many interesting aspects were highlighted and gave valuable hints for further practice on the mat and outside.
After the seminar, some 16 Aikidoka met for dinner in the Indian restaurant La Sorgente.

The evening remained very interesting for the two participants from Switzerland, as they encountered unexpected obstacles on their way home via Milan. As they learned later, around 30 km of the motorway around Milan were closed overnight due to major construction works, including a section that leads to the north to Switzerland. There were no detour signs, the navigation device knew nothing and after several odysseys in Milan's motorway network, they saved themselves on a national road leading north, which was totally overcrowded. In the end, the distance traveled was only 20 km longer (in modern terms: +20%), but the duration of the journey was one and a half hours longer (+150%). The last part of motorway towards Switzerland was not busy anymore and they arrived comfortably at home.

We look forward to the next seminar with our Aikido friends.