Thursday, July 31, 2014

Thursday, July 31, 2014 session at the JICC conference room

We had a guest-a Japanese tourist who watched the better part of the session and even took some photos while we were practising.

Douglas Kohai took over the whole session and after a brief warm up session followed by Mae and Ushiro Ukemi as well as Mae Ukemi with two Uke as 'barriers',we got down to the session with the following attacks/techniques:

From Tachi Waza:

-Katatedori Shiho Nage Omote & Ura respectively.

-Ai Hanmi Katatedori Shiho Nage Omote & Ura respectively.

-Shomen Uchi Shiho Nage Omote & Ura respectively.

-Yokomen Uchi Shiho Nage Omote.

-Tsuki Shiho Nage Omote.

-Hanmi Handachi waza Shiho Nage.

ATTENDANCE LIST:

-OSORO Douglas

-MICHUKI Leon

-OLE KIMINTA Edwards

-OMONDI Steven

-Two enthusiastic school going boys

-Japanese 観光客 tourist

-MWAKIO Sammy

NEXT SESSION:TUESDAY, AUGUST 5 @ THE SAME VENUE

Thursday, July 24, 2014

Thursday, July 24, 2014 session at the JICC conference room

It was Thursday once again and it was only Leon Kohai and myself during the first half hour before we were joined by Julius Kohai two 'newcomer' ladies.

The session was not very intense and we went through the following:

From Tachi Waza:

-Ai Hanmi Katatedori Ikkyo,Nikyo and Sankyo all in Omote respectively.

-Reverse Kote Gaeshi.

We closed the session with a good back strecth in the form of Haishin Undo.

ATTENDANCE LIST:

-MICHUKI Leon

-OKUMU Julius

-Two newcomers.

-MWAKIO Sammy

P.S.

PLEASE BE INFORMED THAT THERE WILL BE NO AIKIDO SESSION ON THURSDAY,AUGUST 7 SINCE THERE WILL BE A FUNCTION GOING ON AT THE JAPAN EMBASSY THUS THE CONFERENCE ROOM SHALL BE IN USE.

NEXT SESSION:TUESDAY, JULY 29 @ THE SAME VENUE

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Tuesday, July 22, 2014 session at the JICC conference room

Before detailing about what we went through during the session,I would like to welcome back our chairman Jason Sempai who has been away due to various commitments but who was present during the session and also guided us through some techniques.

It was 'D day' for the karatekas in the main hall as they were being graded thus,Ben Sempai decided to join us and after a brief work out session followed by the dreaded Mae Ukemi(Tachi Waza) over two Uke and Ushiro Ukemi(Tachi Waza)using one Uke as a 'barrier'.

The techniques we went through with Ben Sempai are as follows:

From Tachi Waza:

-Katatedori: Ikkyo Omote,Kokyu Nage,Shiho Nage(Omote & Ura),Uchi Kaiten Nage and Soto Kaiten Nage respectively.

Jason Sempai guided us through the remainder of the session with the following techniques:

From Tachi Waza:

-Ai Hanmi Katatedori: Irimi Nage(Gedan,Chudan & Jodan)and Nikyo Ura respectively.

After the session we held a brief discussion on the way forward and it was decided that we would try and contact Piotr MASZTALERZ Shidoin and arrange for him to come and conduct a seminar here with us.

ATTENDANCE LIST:

-KIBE Jason

-KIYAGA Ben

-MATINDI Sarah

-OSORO Douglas

-NJOROGE Walter

-OMONDI Steven

-OKUMU Julius

-NJOGU Anthony

-MWAKIO Sammy

NEXT SESSION:THURSDAY,JULY 24 @ THE SAME VENUE

Thursday, July 17, 2014

Thursday, July 17, 2014 session at the JICC conference room

I will let the knee caps 'say' exactly how the session went down as for us who began the session doing Shikko & techniques from Suwari Waza,we left the 'dojo' with peeling and aching knee caps.

As far as the techniques go,which we did after a brief warm up session,all was well and Ben Sempai kicked off the first 45 minutes with the following attacks/techniques:

From Suwari Waza:

-Ai Hanmi Katatedori Ikkyo Omote & Ura respectively.

-Ai Hanmi Katatedori Nikyo Omote & Ura respectively.

-Shomen Uchi Irimi Nage and Kokyu Ho respectively.

A brief session of Jiyu Waza featuring the attacks/techniques mentioned above followed thereafter.

The two boys who joined us had their separate session with Ben Sempai whereby they went through the basics of Ukemi and the opening for Ai Hanmi Katatedori Ikkyo Omote.

The remainder of the session we went through the following:

From Tachi Waza:

-Tsuki Ikkyo Omote.

-Katatedori Rokkyo.

-Ushiro Kubishime from the opening of Katatedori Uchi Kaiten.

The session ended with Haishin Undo to stretch the aching backs.

ATTENDANCE LIST:

-KIYAGA Ben

-MICHUKI Leon

-OMONDI Steven

-OKUMU Julius

-NJOGU Anthony

-Two very enthusiastic boys.

-MWAKIO Sammy

NEXT SESSION:TUESDAY,JULY 22 @ THE SAME VENUE

Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Tuesday, July 15, 2014 session at the JICC conference room

Douglas Kohai informed us that he was in a "good mood" and that meant we were going to have some very serious workouts!!!

Appreciation goes out to Piotr MASZTALERZ Shidoin whose You Tube video entitled "Conditioning for beginners" provided us with most of the workouts that we did on this particular session.

For those interested in watching the video,kindly copy & paste the following link to your browser:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNzgkkNq3Ms&list=UU2K4QBSptNYKvMfLIGp-H2Q

After the workout session that included some new exercises that I had never done before,Douglas Kohai kicked off the "techniques" session with the following attacks/techniques:

-From Suwari Waza: Kata Dori Ikkyo Omote.

-From Tachi Waza: Tsuki Kote Gaeshi and Shiho Nage(both Omote)respectively.

-Shomen Uchi Kote Gaeshi nad Shiho Nage(both Omote)respectively.

-Jiyu Waza featuring the two attacks/techniques mentioned above.

-Ushiro Ryote Dori Kote Gaeshi and Sankyo(both Omote)respectively.

-Shorter version of Nikyo from the Ai Hanmi Katatedori stance.

-Hanmi Handachiwaza Shiho Nage.

The session came to a close with Kokyu Ho Kokyu Dosa.

ATTENDANCE LIST:

-OSORO Douglas

-NJOROGE Walter

-OMONDI Steven

-A lady "trying out" Aikido for the very first time.

-MWAKIO Sammy

NEXT SESSION:THURSDAY,JULY 17 @ THE SAME VENUE

Friday, July 11, 2014

@ The Embassy 10th July 2014

After a looooong time -actually felt like a century- I was granted the honours of leading a class abruptly I must say. Had nothing planned in advance, so I had to keep a sober mind and shake the rust away.
The few techniques we tried came out well...according to me, so that means the training I had in the past actually paid off.

Hats off to the die hard members; Leone, Joshua, Ole Kiminta for keeping the classes going.

More so Sammy Mwakio deserves a paragraph of his own. He has been present all through come rain or shine -figuratively and literally speaking- ,conducted the classes even when he was the only one present, updated this blog tirelessly (if you don't believe me just look at the name signed at the end of every post) and I should point this one out, his techniques have improved....COMMITMENT!!


Thursday, July 10, 2014

Thursday, July 10, 2014 session at the JICC conference room

We kicked off the session with a light warm up session followed by Mae, Ushiro, Gyaku and Yoko Ukemi from Tachi Waza before embarking on the attacks/techniques of the day's session.

Ben Sempai guided us through the first 45 minutes with the following:

-Katatedori Shiho Nage(Omote & Ura) and Irimi Nage respectively.

-Katatedori Sumi Otoshi.

Tony Sempai was 'in the dojo' after quite a while and it was great to notice that he had not lost his 'Aikido touch'.He guided us through the following attacks/techniques:

-Shomen Uchi Ikkyo(Omote & Ura).

-Kata Gatame through the opening of Ai Hanmi Katatedori Ikkyo Omote.

-Uchi and Soto Kaiten Nage respectively.

-Ushiro Kubishime through the opening of Uchi Kaiten Nage.

ATTENDANCE LIST:

-KIYAGA Ben

-AGUTA Tony

-MICHUKI Leon

-MUTHII Joshua

-OLE KIMINTA Edwards

-OMONDI Steven

-NJOGU Anthony

-Three new 'recruits' including a small boy probably in 'his tens'

-MWAKIO Sammy

NEXT SESSION:TUESDAY,JULY 15 @ THE SAME VENUE



Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Tuesday, July 8, 2014 session at the JICC conference room

We had a newcomer-An American lady who began practising Iaido early this year in the United States and after enquiring about our Aikido sessions,she decided to leave since "we had no instructor" (sic!)

Douglas Kohai took us through the whole session and after recaping last Thursday's session attack of Tsuki Kote Gaeshi, the following is what we revised:

-Katadori Ikkyo(Omote & Ura) and Nikyo(Omote & Ura).

-Morote dori Kokyu Nage with two Uke.

-Hanmi handachi waza Shiho Nage.

ATTENDANCE LIST:

-OSORO Douglas

-GATHIRIMU

-OMONDI Steven

-OKUMU Julius

-NJOGU Anthony

-A newcomer 'trying out' Aikido for the first time.

-MWAKIO Sammy

NEXT SESSION:THURSDAY,JULY 10 @ THE SAME VENUE

Thursday, July 3, 2014

Thursday, July 3, 2014 session at the JICC conference room

As with most Thursday sessions,Ben Sempai took us through the paces and after a brief warm up session as well as Ukemi from Tachi Waza(Mae & Ushiro)the following are the attacks/techniques he guided us through:

-Shomen Uchi Sumi Otoshi.

-Kata Dori Kote Gaeshi and Shiho Nage(Omote & Ura) respectively.

-Ryo Kata Dori Kokyu Nage.

-Shomen Uchi Kata Gatame.

Douglas Kohai took over for the remainder of the session and after a brief recap of Tsuki Kote Gaeshi(which we performed during last Tuesday's session),we practised the following attacks/techniques:

-Tsuki Shiho Nage(Omote & Ura).

-Tsuki Kata Gatame.

We retired five minutes earlier to discuss the possibility of having extra weapons sessions.It was decided that if all goes well,we shall have Wednesday evening and Saturday evening weapons sessions possibly at the Kenya National Theatre subject to payment of the agreed sum of Kshs 200.00.

ATTENDANCE LIST:

-KIYAGA Ben

-OSORO Douglas

-MICHUKI Leon

-OLE KIMINTA Edwards

-OMONDI Steven

-NJOROGE Walter

-OKUMU Julius

-MBURU Annah

-GATHIRIMU

-NJOGU Anthony

-MWAKIO Sammy

NEXT SESSION:TUESDAY,JULY 8 @ THE SAME VENUE.

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Tuesday, July 1 ,2014 session at the JICC conference room

Douglas Kohai took us through the warm up session as well as the rest of the session and the attacks/techniques on offer were as follows:

-Yokomen Uchi: Ikkyo Ura and Kote Gaeshi(Omote & Ura)respectively.

-Shomen Uchi Kote Gaeshi.

-Morote Dori:Shiho Nage and Kokyu Nage respectively.

-Ryote Dori Tenchi Nage.

-Hanmi Handachi Waza Shiho Nage.

ATTENDANCE LIST:

-OSORO Douglas

-MATINDI Sarah

-MICHUKI Leon

-OLE KIMINTA Edwards

-OMONDI Steven

-OKUMU Julius

-WAHOME Samuel

-A newcomer to Aikido (who initially wanted to join Karate but was informed that he has to wait until the next intake)

-MWAKIO Sammy

A big Asante to the lady who took shots of us training in the "dojo".

NEXT SESSION:THURSDAY,JULY 3 @ THE SAME VENUE.