Tuesday, May 29, 2007

More on the Bear

Some days you eat the bear...
and some days the bear eats you!

These two pics are of Allen Kelly, who lives in Birmingham, AL. Great guy and a great aikidoka. I always enjoy getting to see him at the Henry clinics at Starkville. I like the intent in the top picture. Uke knows he's grabbed ahold of a terrible thing!
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