SC - Peas, Peas, Beautiful Peas...

[lilinah@earthlink.net]

>>  today I got to watch my 9 y.o. son, at the New York Aikikai, become
>> the test subject of much, prolonged, spirited, but extremely friendly
>> debate among several young ladies on the comparative virtues of Chinese
>> and Japanese back and foot massage techniques...

I'll bite. I'm terminally clueless - what the heck is "aikikai"?

Alban