or worse... the opposite of what you intended to say...

#aikido keeps bringing friendship and joy.

Just ask your instructor. I don't see a problem with different looking bokken, but who knows?

Yup.. unfortunately their "uninformed" choices need to hit them hard over the head... people will suffer... maybe they will think twice about trusting their intel

...and this was my first session on zoom with the #aikido kids' group the same day.

Here here...

Well done!

There are laws in place of who can be picked to safe guard the qualifications of these people.

Trump has now got rid of these safe guards, fired the previous VERY qualified head of JCOS, and appointed a MAGA hat-bearing non-active duty yes-sayer on this, one of the most critical of positions.

Yes

...Joint Chiefs of Staff advice the civilian head of the armed forces, the president, in all questions related to the defense and actions of the armed forces. It's an 8 person strong body carefully selected from active members in the highest levels from the armed forces.

I mean, who needs a group of well trained and smart disease hunters, amiright?
Oh... they were fired by DOGA, a.k.a. Musk, a.k.a Trump?
That'll do it...