Genryukan Aikido

Last night, Genryukan students were very fortunate to have another visit from Neil Saunders Sensei.

Here is what Neil covered with the class;

Kamae/kihon dosa
Shomen uchi ikkajo osae ni
Irimi nage

Controls;
Nikkajo
Sankkajo
Kotegaeshi

Photos from the session can of course be seen in our gallery

It was great for everyone to see Christophe up and about (taking the photos).

As always, a thoroughly enjoyable evening was had on the mat, and then of course afterwards at the pub.
Our thanks again go to Neil Saunders and Mark Atkinson for coming down to visit us.

Neil Saunders Sensei holds a 4th Dan in both Yoshinkan and Tomiki schools of Aikido.

Video I threw together from Neil’s last visit

I’m not happy with the video editing software I used in Ubuntu, seems even less useful than Windows Movie Maker, I will try a new one next time.

What is so amazing about nikkyo is its ability to reveal just how much how confrontational you are. When you have an uke with whom you cannot apply nikkyo, what do you do? Do you attempt to crank down on the wrist even more? Do you rationalize your failure by saying that the uke isn’t resisting correctly? Both are common reactions, but neither are correct. I learned this through one of my most senior students, a gentleman who has remarkably strong arms and who recognizes that, when practicing with me, will attempt to resist the nikkyo as much as possible.

Read on at Aiki Thoughts Blog