It is during this class that Sammy was officially conferred gokyu status. Once again, congratulations! Keep up the spirit. The techniques of the day were uchikaiten and sotokaiten from a gyakuhanmi katatedori attack. So we did sankyo, yonkyo and kaitennage (both omote and ura) and katagatame. Some very valuable tips were offered, e.g. doing some motions in a synchronised manner so as to stretch personal limits etc. It was also mentioned that Chiba Sensei says a gyakuhanmi attack is always an ura attack (uke pushes) while an aihanmi attack is always an omote attack (uke pulls).
Common mistakes we were warned against include uke sticking head on tori's knee, hence missing the point that kaitennage ends with a knee strike to the face. Another has to do with the cut during yonkyo. If you don't cut forwards and downwards it just won't work. Its just like sankyo, only a little bit harder. This is better explained practically.
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