Never could get the hang of Thursdays...
Okay, so not my best aikido night, admittedly. It was a small class, which inevitably means Liz=Sensei target.
Let's see...
Katatetori//
kokyunage backstretch (omote & ura)
Technique I can't really name... nage swings up, bending uke's elbow back like shihonage while stepping through and swinging up with the other hand ala iriminage.
Tenchinage (omote & ura)
This was fun. I usually struggle with the heaven and earth throw-- mainly because I don't always remember my left from right, which hand swings up...etc... made sense tonight. No struggling :)
Not terribly much to note except for some amusing conversation with Sensei. We were practicing at the back of the mat, and Sensei told my partner and I to move to the middle, closer to the picture of O'Sensei-- he said it made the techniques work better. ^_^
Ushiro tekubitori (static)
Nage swings up, twists a little and slides back. Nage and uke end up in ai hanmi//
Iriminage
W/a guy who starter about 2 weeks after I did. I did not know this, so I made the assumption that he was my sempai. I asked him to go first and realized he had not really done much ushiro-waza before. Sensei came over tried to help him, and then told me I should go first, as I knew the technique. O_o What?? I'm not kohai?? LOL
Sensei asked my partner how long he had been practicing and then how long I had been practicing. "Five months?" I had to chuckle at this and remind him it was only about 3 and a half months. It took me a few tries to convince my partner that I was doing it the way Sensei had demonstrated it, and finally Sensei came over and demonstrated it on me and my partner-- things improved a little bit.
Kotegaeshi
Again, strange to be on the other side for a change. Really focused on keeping uke close and my hands in front of me on the tenkan. Also tried to get more distance between myself and uke before matching uke's hand for the technique.
Afterwards, Sensei had everyone line up on the lines and we practiced the footwork for a moving ushiro tekubitori-- In a static ushiro attack, we begin with uke already grabbing both wrists, shoulders..etc... before doing the technique. The moving ushiro tekubitori, for example, uke starts off in ai hanmi katatetori and then runs behind nage to grab the other wrist.
Nage has to step back and off the line, swing down then slide to the other side of the line, swing up and cut down sliding back. This leaves you back in ai hanmi, but the momentum makes it much easier to perform the technique-- especially if uke is much bigger or stronger.
We struggled alot with this when Sensei had us practice just the ushiro tekubitori portion. I couldn't manage to get the foot work, and Sensei came over MANY times to help. LOL He asked me what I was doing several times, and I told him I honestly didn't know. ^_^
We sort of got the opening down and practiced iriminage and kotegaeshi before Sensei clapped.
Yokomenuchi//
Shihonage (omote & ura)
Kotegaeshi
Iriminage
All w/Steven-- who had a few ODI's (or out of dojo incidents, as Sensei likes to call them) which has prevented him from practicing for almost two months. We moved to practice near the picture of O'Sensei-- Sensei asked "what are you doing NOW?" :)
"You said practicing near O'Sensei makes the technique work better" I said with a big grin.
I was once again surprised to find myself with someone less experienced than me. He's technically my sempai, but I have probably double the training time. And here I thought I was safe from much more Sensei Intervention. O_o
But we did fine, though Sensei corrected my ukemi on kotegaeshi. I apparantly landed pretty hard and flat instead of a nice smooth rolling ukemi. He told me to think of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. :) (yeah, you know he's got kids..lol)
Kokyudosa
For some reason, I got incredibly dizzy during the yokomenuchi practice, so I decided to sit out the last bit of class. Much to my dissappointment, Sensei had everyone run through bokken kata. I watched the remainder of class with a wistful look on my face. Sensei asked me after class "what's wrong with you?"
I asked "how much time do you have?" LOL
Fun class, though I blundered quite a bit. I realized afterwards I hadn't eaten since around noon, so that explained my dizziness.
After a bowl of cereal and a coke, I feel much better now :)
Liz
Let's see...
Katatetori//
kokyunage backstretch (omote & ura)
Technique I can't really name... nage swings up, bending uke's elbow back like shihonage while stepping through and swinging up with the other hand ala iriminage.
Tenchinage (omote & ura)
This was fun. I usually struggle with the heaven and earth throw-- mainly because I don't always remember my left from right, which hand swings up...etc... made sense tonight. No struggling :)
Not terribly much to note except for some amusing conversation with Sensei. We were practicing at the back of the mat, and Sensei told my partner and I to move to the middle, closer to the picture of O'Sensei-- he said it made the techniques work better. ^_^
Ushiro tekubitori (static)
Nage swings up, twists a little and slides back. Nage and uke end up in ai hanmi//
Iriminage
W/a guy who starter about 2 weeks after I did. I did not know this, so I made the assumption that he was my sempai. I asked him to go first and realized he had not really done much ushiro-waza before. Sensei came over tried to help him, and then told me I should go first, as I knew the technique. O_o What?? I'm not kohai?? LOL
Sensei asked my partner how long he had been practicing and then how long I had been practicing. "Five months?" I had to chuckle at this and remind him it was only about 3 and a half months. It took me a few tries to convince my partner that I was doing it the way Sensei had demonstrated it, and finally Sensei came over and demonstrated it on me and my partner-- things improved a little bit.
Kotegaeshi
Again, strange to be on the other side for a change. Really focused on keeping uke close and my hands in front of me on the tenkan. Also tried to get more distance between myself and uke before matching uke's hand for the technique.
Afterwards, Sensei had everyone line up on the lines and we practiced the footwork for a moving ushiro tekubitori-- In a static ushiro attack, we begin with uke already grabbing both wrists, shoulders..etc... before doing the technique. The moving ushiro tekubitori, for example, uke starts off in ai hanmi katatetori and then runs behind nage to grab the other wrist.
Nage has to step back and off the line, swing down then slide to the other side of the line, swing up and cut down sliding back. This leaves you back in ai hanmi, but the momentum makes it much easier to perform the technique-- especially if uke is much bigger or stronger.
We struggled alot with this when Sensei had us practice just the ushiro tekubitori portion. I couldn't manage to get the foot work, and Sensei came over MANY times to help. LOL He asked me what I was doing several times, and I told him I honestly didn't know. ^_^
We sort of got the opening down and practiced iriminage and kotegaeshi before Sensei clapped.
Yokomenuchi//
Shihonage (omote & ura)
Kotegaeshi
Iriminage
All w/Steven-- who had a few ODI's (or out of dojo incidents, as Sensei likes to call them) which has prevented him from practicing for almost two months. We moved to practice near the picture of O'Sensei-- Sensei asked "what are you doing NOW?" :)
"You said practicing near O'Sensei makes the technique work better" I said with a big grin.
I was once again surprised to find myself with someone less experienced than me. He's technically my sempai, but I have probably double the training time. And here I thought I was safe from much more Sensei Intervention. O_o
But we did fine, though Sensei corrected my ukemi on kotegaeshi. I apparantly landed pretty hard and flat instead of a nice smooth rolling ukemi. He told me to think of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. :) (yeah, you know he's got kids..lol)
Kokyudosa
For some reason, I got incredibly dizzy during the yokomenuchi practice, so I decided to sit out the last bit of class. Much to my dissappointment, Sensei had everyone run through bokken kata. I watched the remainder of class with a wistful look on my face. Sensei asked me after class "what's wrong with you?"
I asked "how much time do you have?" LOL
Fun class, though I blundered quite a bit. I realized afterwards I hadn't eaten since around noon, so that explained my dizziness.
After a bowl of cereal and a coke, I feel much better now :)
Liz
posted by Liz at 5/26/2005 10:35:00 PM
4 Comments:
The trouble is, if you eat before class, you feel like throwing up when someone throws you koshinage!
maybe compromise... eat a few hours before class. Heh
Hey Liz!!!! what are you doing this weekend??? we should catch up if you want to..talk to you later!!
Tiff
Do you know about the Aikido Expo in L.A.? We're gonna go tomorrow. There will be a lot of big shots from all over the world. Look out!
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