Author: Phil

Quick recap of last night’s training diary;

Ukemi
Tandoku undo
Randori no kata
Pre-grading demos
Nikkyo/nikkajo/kote mawashi
Sankyo/sankajo/kote hineri

With next monday’s club kyu grading, we ran through the Zetar syllabus requirements.

Then we moved on to practising wrist locks with no pain to uke (or as little as possible). Concentrating on locking the shoulder, hips, knees etc.

With a club grading coming up on 13th December, here is a very quick recap of what we covered last night;

Zenpo kaiten ukemi/hiyaku ukemi

Tandoku Undo; Unsoku & tegatana dosa

Randori no Kata

Genryukan had the pleasure of Jim Dempster Sensei for last night’s training in the absence of myself and Christophe.

Jim tells me this is what he covered;

Tai jutsu
Sumi otoshi (Corner drop), from Randori no kata #16,
from Ryote mochi and from Suwari waza

Weapons
Jo dori

Our thanks go to Dempster Sensei for standing in, it is really appreciated.

Next Monday (22nd November), Jim Dempster Sensei from Gowa Ryu in Ashford will be kindly taking the class in my absence (and Christophe’s of course).

So look forward to one of Jim’s nice signature warm-ups followed by some nice pre-grading practise!

Thanks again Jim for taking the class, much appreciated.

Phil

As you may or may not know, on Sunday Christophe received a very significant leg injury – dislocation and double fracture to the ankle, plus fractured leg (tibia).

The amusing thing (sorry Chris), is that it wasn’t received doing his various budo activities of Aikido & Kung fu. No, he slipped over while walking his dog.

I just went to visit the old fella in William Harvey Hospital (Ward Kings C2).

He is bearing up well, waiting for the swelling in his leg to abate before they operate and pin his leg back together.   The Nurse tells me he hasn’t stopped eating, and that he is now an honorary Anglaise, to which I of course replied “NEVER!”. As you can see, he flies the flag of aikido, still sporting a Genryukan t-shirt.

We of course wish him our very best, and hope he doesn’t get too bored during his recovery.