John and I have met a few times, and with his wife Mona we've had some good discussions on how the revival of Ninpo Chuan Fa will go. We settled on two evenings a week 6-730ish depending on the schedule at the WREN building we'll be using, with a "free practice" class that I'll run every other sat morning.
I've created a Facebook page for the program(gotta love free advertising) and have gotten some good feedback from old students and potentially new ones. Mona is using her artistic talents to update the former symbol of the school. We'll be discussing the schedule aspect soon with Laura, who's in charge of the WREN building. She's excited for our program to be a part of WREN.
With all this planning, I had to make a decision on whether to continue with my Aikido training. Ninpo will take the bulk of my time for enjoying the martial arts, and with the drive to Aikido being an hour away, it is more out of my way with the time I'll be commiting to the new program.
I sent an email to Jack, my Aikido instructor, explaining the situation. We talked on the phone not long after. He was pretty bummed out that I was leaving his Aikido program. He had been hoping that I would test for Shodan someday, which might have been within a couple years. It's a small program too, with only a few of us. I'm also the one running the facebook page for Mt Washington Aikido. We'll find a way so that Jack can take over the page. I'd been taking Aikido for a year now, and have enjoyed becoming friends with Jack and the others in the program.
While I've enjoyed it, I'm more excited about training in Ninpo again.
Yeeeaaaah!!! (I just hope my schedule allows for it)
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