u/lifescaresme

I’ve been training in Yoshinkan Aikido for about three years, and I’m currently a 5th kyu green belt. Recently, for no apparent reason, I’ve developed an inability to do forward breakfalls on my right side. I’m fine on my left.

Logically, I know it’s all in my head, but it feels wrong every time I try to do a break fall on my right side. Because it feels wrong, I hesitate (a lot), and I end up caving my arm midway through the roll.

I don’t know what’s changed, but I feel terribly stupid for it, and I don’t know how to fix it. Any advice?

I am looking for the so-called confederate translation of Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables. The translator, known only as A. F., pirated the Wilbour translation and heavily revised it for an American audience during the civil war. It was published in Richmond, Virginia in 1863, and released in five volumes. It was published by West & Johnson.

I have a PDF, but I would like to find a physical copy. It is the only full English translation that I do not own. Unfortunately, copies are rare now as this edition was never reprinted.

If anyone knows of any copies for sale or at least has an idea of where to look, please let me know.