A milestone

[klwilliams]

I realized tonight at aikido class, as I stood in front of the class waiting to attack the teacher (so he could demonstrate the technique on me), that I'm no longer nervous doing this. I stay centered the whole time I'm up there, I'm comfortable enough with his cues so that I attack at the right time in the right way, and my ukeme is good enough so that I'm not worried about falling wrong (plus, he has a good idea of my limits, and doesn't push me past them while demonstrating the technique). Maybe that's why he's started using me as uke (attacker) more and more.