The technique of the day was nikyo; ai-hanmi nikyo. We were able to somehow understand how it is possible to change the grip mid-technique. This is because the technique is very much similar to ikkyo in some aspects. Still, the changing of the grip is tricky since one has so little time to do it. Besides, if you fumble too much, uke takes advantage. The issue of finishing arose and we wondered why it is so complex, unlike ikkyo. Suffice it to say this is how best the originators of the technique formulated it. Once you have grasped most of the basic aspects (and gained permission from Osensei), it would be quite in order to refine it, if need be that is.
Aikiken was spent practising with jo. We were given a list of the basic jo techniques (and it is quite a long list at that) , and we tried some of them. My own experience of this is that it is still too early to deal with the names before I can even do a proper tsuki, kesa or shomen uchi. So am not mentioning any. But again with proper consistent practise, everything will be understood.
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