Sensei in a huff

Got to class early tues night. I went to change and took my usual position next to my fellow newbie that befriended me from the beginning. Sensei followed shortly after, bowed in and proceeded to warm up-- angry. His face was bright red.
Crikey

I heard him call one of the yudansha over (shodan who's prepping for his nidan if I remember correctly--also an asst. instructor on occasions)

I wasn't *trying* to overhear their conversation, but Sensei was apparently asking him about an injury from a class over the weekend. I was warming up, doing my best not to overhear, but I couldn't help it (Sensei was not whispering)
The gist of the conversation was that the shodan had apparently injured someone in I *believe* was a nikkyo pin because his uke was resisting. Apparently, he cut down and forced the pin, possibly injuring uke's elbow. Also, the shodan had corrected someone and got out of line. I'm assuming there was some kind of complaint, because Sensei was getting more details from the shodan in question like he was not there.
I was doing my best to ignore them and focus on my stretching and breathing, but that's what I overheard. It felt odd to see Sensei in such a huff and to be addressing the issue on the mat prior to class with about 25 students present. Ah well, not my issue. Just a warning to stay on his good side! I'm glad I'm paranoid about safety, because that seems to be Sensei's breaking point.

After the LONG conversation, Sensei started class, and we immediately went into empty-handed techniques. No warm-up, stretching... nothing I've come to expect from our beginner's class. LOL I figured it was going to be a loooong class.

Class on Tuesday night is a blur. To keep it simple (and I hope I've got the names all correct-- I'm just trying to give a general idea of what I'm practicing. )

1) katatetori
slide in/pivot to corner looking same dir. as uke. (omote/ura)

2) katatetori nikkyo

3) almost like tenshinage but with one arm. (or at least that' what Sensei described it as)
katatetori
slide forward, twisting uke's arm out with forward arm. Extend other arm to push on uke's extended elbow as you step forward with your back foot.


4) yokomenuchi//tenshin:
-iriminage
-shihonage (omote/ura)

5) yokomenuchi//tenshin kotegaeshi and some sort of pin that escapes me.

6) Kokyuho
Random thoughts:
Tenshin finally makes a little sense to me. (we practiced that a lot during class.)

Sensei looked at my attempted yokomenuchi strike and told me I was doing shomenuchi (I really thought I was striking to the side of the head...lol) He told me to think of a Y as I attacked. Don't know if that worked, but my partner said "better"

While practicing shihonage, my partner told me to step back as uke in omote when nage steps through and pivots, makes the ukemi easier.

While practicing #3 listed above, my other partner reminded me to straighten my arms and not let them go limp-- common sense really, I didn't even realize I was bending my arm. Ah well. After that the technique worked much better.

I had a really hard time with nikkyo(standing up-- place ukes hand to your shoulder and scoop down a little with your elbow, bringing uke to one knee) I was paranoid about cutting down or applying the wrong amount of pressure.

We had a large class, even for a tuesday night when Bob Sensei teaches-- 25-30 students perhaps.
No break (possibly due to Sensei's frustration over the injury noted in my last post)

It seemed like a long class (it ran over a few minutes as well)
and I was exhausted afterwards. I slept about 14 hours when I came home. lol
happily, I'm more rested today, so hopefully I'll be in a better state to practice tonight

Liz