Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Tuesday, November 27, 2012 session at the JICC Conference Room

Tony Sempai is absolutely right....Mr.Nadao Kono is one jolly bloke and I had the opportunity of being his first Uke in Kenya and I must say his twenty plus years of experience in Aikido was evident in the way he blended with my Shomen Uchi attack and the way he used my energy to throw me down. I only wish he could be around much longer to exhibit much more of his talents.....

Back to the Tuesday's session,Sensei was away due to some unavoidable circumstances and Jason Sempai was incharge of the session.After some warm up exercises by Brian Kohai,we went through the below mentioned attacks/techniques which were basically to emphasize the difference between Omote & Ura motions.

-Ai Hanmi Katatedori Ikkyo-Omote & Ura.

-Ai Hanmi Katatedori Sankyo-Omote & Ura.

-Kata Gatame through Ikkyo Omote.

-Shomen Uchi Ikkyo-Omote & Ura.

-Shomen Uchi Sankyo-Omote & Ura.

-Shomen Uchi Kote Gaeshi-Omote & Ura.

NEXT SESSION:FRIDAY,NOVEMBER 30 AT THE JICC MAIN HALL.




Monday, November 26, 2012

Fri 23 Nov.

Since sensei couldn't make it, Ben sempai and Jason sempai weren't around, I was 'elected' to take the class :wasn't really prepared for this:

Usual warm-ups for starters and a variation of the ukemis; mae, ushiro, gyaku and yoko were performed.

The first technique on the card was gyaku hanmi shomen uchiirimi nage. As I discovered, the beginners were having a tough time with if, which meant that the advanced student spent a lot of time explaining the technique, so no one really benefited and so I decided to start with simpler techniques.

Second technique, kotegaeshi ura and omote : we had a fair share of problems with ura, Tori doesn't pull uke during the technique!! and step back to give uke a place to fall!!

Next was shihonage, ura and omote. I don't know how many begginers will be reading this but MAKE UKE AS UNCOMFORTABLE AS POSSIBLE!! when performing this technique. Uke needs to be stretched as far as possible, if s/he is on his/her toes.... GOOD! and never do the technique behind you.

Second hour we did some advanced stuff, namely soto kaiten nage, uchi kaiten nage and juji nage... one word guys....ukemi :)

Lastly, we had a guest, Mr Nadao Kohno from Japan Meteorological Agency, who was in the country for a two week seminar, his calender allowed him to join us for the afternoon, but too bad he was travelling back the following day, a jolly fella he is :) Nadao, arigato and we hope to see you back again soon.

Monday, November 19, 2012

Friday, November 16, 2012 session at the JICC main hall

Sensei had indicated last Tuesday that he would not be available for this Friday's session thus Ben Sempai took us through the paces during the two hours.

The first hour was all about warming up as well as Mae and Ushiro Ukemi from both Suwari Waza and Tachi Waza.

During the second hour,the techniques on offer included:

-Ai Hanmi Katatedori:Ikkyo(Omote & Ura),Yonkyo(Omote & Ura),Nikyo(Omote & Ura).

-Kata Gatame through Ikkyo Omote.

-Gyaku Hanmi Katatedori Kokyu Nage.

NEXT SESSION:TUESDAY,NOVEMBER 20 AT THE JICC CONFERENCE ROOM.


Thursday, November 15, 2012

Tuesday, November 13, 2012 session at the JICC conference room

This Tuesday it was all about extending Uke and Sensei demonstrated the following techniques:

From the Katatedori(what we referred to as Gyaku Hanmi Katatedori) stance there was:

-Ikkyo(Omote & Ura).

-Irimi Nage.

From Kata Dori there was:

-Ikkyo(Omote)

-Kokyu Nage.

-Shiho Nage.

I missed out on the demonstration last Saturday due to some unforseen circumstances but I look forward to the next one probably next year....

Monday, November 12, 2012

Sat 10 Nov 2012

The big day finally came. Quite a good number turned up...and yes... for the first time in Kenya, 4 hakamas graced the tatami!!! who knew!







Photos courtesy of Reza:
More coming soon






Friday 9 Nov 2012

Friday's class was to be a rehersal for the cultural day, and it did not disappoint.

One unique thing about the class was that it was done in open air!! since the dojo was being setup for the cultural day, and yes... we had a tatami, what else could we have asked for :)

Reza, Dennis and I started with some ukemi before the rest of the gang showed up and getting the feeling of tatami after being hardened by hard concrete floors...tatami is for softies :)

Matthieu sensei took us through some basic techniques ikkyo omote and ura, nikkyo omote and ura irimi nage omote and ura all in ai hanmi (I didn't mind the falling especially during irimi nage.)

The same techniques were done using a jo during the second hour, whereby uke attacks tori with the jo (tzuki), tori get hold of the jo, performs the technique and left holding the jo. Shiho nage was also included in this hour.

After class, Reza, Ben and I tried to perform some Sancho1, all 3 parts, a bit rusty but we got it!!

Nice class