Tuesday, September 25, 2012 session at the Japan Information & Culture Centre Conference Room

Tuesday sessions are no longer as packed as they used to be and this particular Tuesday,we were only two and we reviewed the below mentioned techniques:

-Ai Hanmi Katatedori opening with emphasis on 'cutting' through Uke's centre.

-Gyaku Hanmi Katatedori Ikkyo Omote & Ura openings with emphasis on 'putting your hip into it'.

It was quite an interesting session despite being only two of us as I discovered that my 'cut' through Uke's centre still lacks some precision.

NEXT SESSION:FRIDAY,SEPTEMBER 28 AT THE JICC MAIN HALL.

Friday, September 21, 2012 session at the Japan Information and Culture Centre hall

I am late in posting the Tuesday, September, 18, 2012 session so I will go straight to last Friday's session.

Douglas Kohai began with warm up exercises for about half an hour before Ben Sempai took over the rest of the session.

As is customary for most Fridays,it was a full house and we went through the following techniques:

-Gyaku Hanmi Katatedori Shiho Nage in both Omote and Ura preceded by Tai no Tenkan Ho.

-Ai Hanmi Katatedori Kote Gaeshi Omote,Nikyo Omote and Ura respectively.

NEXT SESSION:TUESDAY,SEPTEMBER 25 AT THE JAPAN INFORMATION & CULTURE CENTRE 'DOJO B'.

Friday Class

It's always fun to have a full class and nowadays the Friday class usually has more than 10 of us.
Jason and Tony Sempai are back and it was good to see them.
Just before the clas I had read Sammy's blog on the Fri class and I was dreading the 80mins workout.
Thank God Jason kept the exercises this Fri moderate.
I had also not realised I had missed the Kamiza
We found him and Sammy already practicing.
Sammy had requested for Komen Uchi and this is what we did for the entire class-Komen Uchi Nikyo,Ikyo,Shiho Nage(Ura and Omote) Kokyu Ho and Kote Geshi.
Am not sure whether beginners read this blog,and I hope they do since I wanted to point out a few things
i)You should take off jewellery during the class
ii)No chewing gum while in class
iii)Visitors should sit at the back of the class
iv)You should never sit in seiza with your back to the kamiza.

Tuesday, September 11, 2012 session at the Japan Information and Culture Centre Conference Room

It was good to see Naoki in action again and I am still looking forward to the day he shall agree to lead the class and show off his Aikido skills.

It was basically a slow paced session but quite interesting to say the least and we reviewed the below mentioned techniques/attacks:

-Ai Hanmi Katatedori Ikkyo Ura.

-Ryote Dori Tenchi Nage.

-Gyaku Hanmi Katatedori Rokkyo.

-Ushiro Ryote Dori Ikkyo Omote.

-Shomen Uchi Sumi Otoshi.

I am not sure whether the Wednesday sesions are still on as there has been none for the last one month but hopefully all that shall be resolved once the new Sensei arrives.

Friday, September 7, 2012 session at the Japan Information and Culture Centre main hall

This two hour session was significant for me in two ways;First of all,I was glad to see Ben Sempai back after a long while and secondly,I had the most intense workout session in a long time which made all the previous workout sessions look like child's play courtesy of Tony Sempai.

The workouts were so intense that they lasted well over 80 minutes!Both Ben and Tony Sempai contributed to the workout sessions.

Jason Sempai took over the rest of the time and we went through three techniques all from the Ai Hanmi Katatedori stance and they were:

-Ikkyo(Omote).

-Irimi Nage(Omote).

-Kokyu Ho(Omote).

It was exciting to see all the Sempai in one place and I hope all the other sessions will be as breathtaking as the one we had this particular Friday.

NEXT SESSION:TUESDAY,SEPTEMBER 11 AT THE JICC CONFERENCE ROOM('DOJO B').

Tuesday, September 4, 2012 session at the Japan Information and Culture Centre Conference room(Dojo B)

Since it was only the three of us,all the techniques we did were quite fast paced as it was all about Kakarigeiko which made me sweat as hell!

The techniques we tried going through are as mentioned below:

-Kata Dori Rokkyo.

-Ushiro Ryote Dori Ikkyo(Omote).

-Ai Hanmi Katatedori Irimi Nage(Omote).

-Gyaku Hanmi Katatedori Ikkyo(Omote).

We are still awaiting the incoming Sensei to touch base but in the meantime we shall try our level best to keep the Nairobi Aikikai flame burning.....

On Wednesday,I passed by the Goan Gymkhana and the management wanted to know if we still need the premises and I came up with some theories to stall them for a while since I am not sure if the incoming Sensei would still want to continue using the venue or not.

NEXT SESSION:FRIDAY,SEPTEMBER 7 AT THE JICC MAIN HALL.

Friday, August, 31, 2012

I arrived at the Japan embassy at 15.40 EAT and was looking forward to a sweaty two hour session only to be informed by the guards at the entrance that all the staff members at the embassy supposedly left earlier than usual and that there was no one else at the premises.

Evidently I was disappointed since I had missed out on practising Aikido but all in all I hope the next session(Tuesday,September 4)will be on as usual.

By the way Mateusz would like to know if you guys are willing to keep this blog or we do away with it.Personally,I would love to see it going for as long as there is Aikido in Kenya....