Friday's Class

Firstly, there were stretching exercises. For the back, legs, waist, well... basically routines to be incorporated for personal fitness and flexibility.

Next was Aikido. The techniques for today's class were (gyaku-hanmi omote):

• hanmi-hadachi katatedori shiho
• tachiwaza katatedori shiho
• hanmi-hadachi ryotedori shiho
• tachiwaza katadori ikkyo

Points to remember:

• don't expose your sides; you could get tickled
• for ikkyo's focus on the elbow and not that much on the wrist; keep uke's elbow bent
• for shiho's keep uke's arm infront when tenkan-ing
• don't fall unless the technique has worked!

Otherwise, classes are really getting exciting and I'm eagerly looking forward to next Friday's class!