Category: Lessons

Last night, we concentrated on kikarigeiko (light freeplay with no resistance), with particular focus on blending with yokomen uchi and chudan tsuki.  The other focus was specifically on uke skill, so lots of extra falling practice.

Then as usual we played with locks/controls.

Quick recap of what we covered;

Warmup,

Ukemi; koho (back falls), yoko (side breakfalls), zenpo kaiten (forward rolls) , hiyaku (jumping rolls/flips), floating leaf falls

Shikko (knee walking)

Tandoku Undo;  Unsoku, Tegatana Dosa

Extended kikarigeiko (yokomen uchi & chudan tsuki)

Nikkyo/nikkajo/kotemawashi

Sankyo/sankkajo/kotehineri

Gokkyo/gokkajo

And a warm welcome goes to Wayne who had his first night of aikido last night.

Last night Genryukan Dojo was fortunate enough to receive a visit from Mick Pratt Sensei. Mick took the class covering tanto Randori no kata, plus lots of useful variations. In typical fashion, I forgot to bring my camera, so the clip below is about all I could manage using my phone.

Tonight was the first training session of the new year.  Below is a quick recap of what we covered;

Warmup

Ukemi

Tandoku Undo:  Unsoku & Tegatana Dosa

Unbendable arm

Sumi otoshi

Oh and when we were talking about Judo, I mentioned this video

Recap of last night session:
Warmup & stretches

Mock-up grading/assessment:
Unsouku/tegatana dosa
Randori No Kata

Tanto freeplay exercise
Focus on the use of tai-sabaki (body movement) to execute avoidance and kuzushi (balance break).

Recap of last night session:

Warmup & stretches

Unsoku & Tegatana dosa

Kamae practice and testing

Technique No 6, Oshi Taoshi
Technique No 7, Ude Gaeshi
(demonstrated here by Shaun Hoddy Sensei)
Focusing on keeping good posture, all the way through.
Avoid pulling or pushing using upper body strength by simply keeping the arms extended as in the “unbendable arm” and use the whole body and the correct angle to break uke’s balance.

Defence against grabs
Single handed grab (both cross and opposite grab), using nikkyo or  kote mawashi
double handed grab to the chest or shoulders, using a simple hip turn or cutting down and stepping back.