Tuesday, September 30, 2014 session at the JICC conference room

We were fortunate once again to have a guest, a gentleman accompanied by his two sons who apparently has practised Aikido until the level of Nidan!

Douglas Kohai took us through the paces and after a brief warm up session and Mae & Ushiro Ukemi,this is what we practised:

From Tachi Waza:

-Katatedori Nikyo Omote.

-Reverse Kote Gaeshi.

-Tsuki Kote Gaeshi Omote & Ura respectively.

-Ai Hanmi Katatedori Sankyo Omote.

The session ended with Haishin Undo.

ATTENDANCE LIST:

-OSORO Douglas

-NJOROGE Walter

-OKUMU Julius

-BOKEA Joseph

-Vincent

-NYAKIO

-MWAKIO Sammy

NEXT SESSION:TUESDAY,OCTOBER 7 @ THE SAME VENUE

Thursday, September 25, 2014 session at the JICC conference room

Douglas Kohai took us through the paces and as always his warm up exercises are usually breathtaking!

After the warm up session not forgetting Mae and Ushiro Ukemi from both Suwari Waza & Tachi Waza,the following are the attacks/techniques we went through the focus being on Shiho Nage:

-Ai Hanmi Katatedori Shiho Nage Ura.

-Tsuki Shiho Nage Ura.

-Shomen Uchi Shiho Nage Ura.

-Shorter version of Ai Hanmi Katatedori Nikyo.

ATTENDANCE LIST:

-OSORO Douglas

-MICHUKI Leon

-OKUMU Julius

-BOKEA Joseph

-NYAKIO

-Vincent who joined us for the first time althoug he previously practised Mantis Kenpo Karate.

-MWAKIO Sammy

NEXT SESSION:TUESDAY,SEPTEMBER 30 @ THE SAME VENUE.

Tuesday, September 23, 2014 session at the JICC conference room

Given the heat nowadays, by the time we begin the session, most of us are usually already drenched in sweat just from performing the stretching exercises.

We kicked off the session as usual with light stretching exercises followed by Ushiro Ukemi both from Suwari Waza & Tachi Waza then the following:

From Tachi Waza:

-Ryote Dori Tenchi Nage.

-Ushiro Ryote Dori Sankyo Omote.

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

-Kokyu Ho Kokyu Dosa.

ATTENDANCE LIST:

-MICHUKI Leon

-NJOROGE Walter

-OKUMU Julius

-BOKEA Joseph

-Andrew

-A newcomer brought in by Andrew

-MWAKIO Sammy

NEXT SESSION:THURSDAY,SEPTEMBER 25 @ THE SAME VENUE

Thursday, September 18, 2014 session at the JICC conference room

We were glad to have Douglas Kohai and Joshua Kohai back after quite a while and they too were glad to join us for the session.

We did some light stretching warm up exercises as well as Mae & Ushiro Ukemi from both Suwari Waza and Tachi waza before embarking on the day's attacks/techniques which focused mainly on Irimi Nage:

From Tachi Waza:

-Ai Hanmi Katatedori Irimi Nage Omote.

-Shomen Uchi Irimi Nage.

-Tsuki Irimi Nage.

We wrapped up the session with Haishin Undo.

ATTENDANCE LIST:

-OSORO Douglas

-MICHUKI Leon

-MUTHII Joshua

-OKUMU Julius

-BOKEA Joseph

-MWAKIO Sammy

NEXT SESSION:TUESDAY,SEPTEMBER 23 @ THE SAME VENUE.

P.S.

KINDLY NOTE THAT THERE WILL BE NO AIKIDO SESSION ON THURSDAY,OCTOBER 2,2014 DUE TO PREPARATIONS FOR THE JAPANESE ANIME FESTIVAL THAT IS SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY,OCTOBER 4,2014 AT THE JICC.

Tuesday, September 16, 2014 session at the JICC conference room

We had a guest from Colombia by the name of Eduardo who practises Takemusu Aikido and he gave us a small demonstration on the variation of Katatedori Ikkyo Omote as they do it back home.

After a sweaty jog around the "dojo" followed by several forms of Ukemi from Tachi Waza and Mae Ukemi from Suwari Waza for the newcomers,we got down to business with the following techniques:

From Tachi Waza:

-Katatedori Ikkyo Omote & Ura respectively.

-Katatedori Rokkyo.

-Ai Hanmi Katatedori Nikyo Omote & Ura respectively.

ATTENDANCE LIST:

-MICHUKI Leon

-Eduardo

-NYAKIO

-BOKEA

-MWAKIO Sammy

NEXT SESSION:THURSDAY,SEPTEMBER 18 @ THE SAME VENUE.

Thursday, September 11, 2014 session at the JICC conference room

It was yet another Thursday session and we were all set for a sweaty session.

After a brief session of stretching exercises as well as Ukemi and Shikko, we got down to business with the following attacks/techniques:

From Suwari Waza:

-Ai Hanmi Katatedori Ikkyo Omote.

From Tachi Waza:

-Yokomen Uchi Shiho Nage Omote.

-Shomen Uchi Sumi Otoshi.

The session ended with Haishin Undo.

ATTENDANCE LIST:

-MICHUKI Leon

-NJOROGE Walter

-OKUMU Julius

-Andrew

-A friend that accompanied Julius.

-MWAKIO Sammy

NEXT SESSION:TUESDAY,SEPTEMBER 16 @ THE SAME VENUE

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Tuesday, September 9, 2014 session at the JICC conference room

I was all alone in the "dojo" for about 45 minutes before being joined by the rest and I managed to do some Ukemi in both Mae and Ushiro which was enough to loosen up the body in readiness for the day's session.

We had a newcomer, Andrew, who has some background in martial arts and thus we only concentrated on two techniques as listed below:

-Ai Hanmi Katatedori Ikkyo Omote.

-Ai Hanmi Katatedori Nikyo Ura.

ATTENDANCE LIST:

-MICHUKI Leon

-NYAKIO

-Andrew

-MWAKIO Sammy

NEXT SESSION:THURSDAY,SEPTEMBER 11 @ THE SAME VENUE.

Thursday, September 4, 2014 session at the JICC conference room

To begin with, the mock grading that was to take place was postponed since there were only four of us thus, Ben Sempai decided to postpone it to a later date.

The session featured some Sankyu and Nikyu techniques so one can guess how intense it was.

Ben Sempai took us through a brief warm up and stretching session followed by Mae and Ushiro Ukemi in both Suwari and Tachi Waza then the session kicked off 'officially' with the following techniques:

From Tachi Waza:

-Ai Hanmi Katatedori Koshi Nage(w/out the throw).

-Morote Dori Ikkyo Omote & Ura respectively.

-Ryote Dori Irimi Nage.

-Kata Dori Kote Gaeshi.

-Ushiro Ryokata Dori Kokyu Nage.

-Ushiro Ryotedori Kokyu Nage.

-Ryokata Dori Kokyu Nage.

From Hanmi Handachi Waza:

-Uchi Kaiten Kata Gatame.

ATTENDANCE LIST:

-KIYAGA Ben

-MICHUKI Leon

-NJOROGE Walter

-MWAKIO Sammy.

NEXT SESSION:TUESDAY,SEPTEMBER 9 @ THE SAME VENUE.

Tuesday, September 2, 2014 session at the JICC conference room

Ben Sempai took us through the first part of the session with the below mentioned Sankyu techniques:

From Tachi Waza:

-Ai Hanmi Katatedori:Yonkyo(Omote & Ura),Juji Nage(Omote & Ura),Sumi Otoshi and Koshi nage(w/out the throw)respectively.

For the remainder of the session we practised the following:

From Tachi Waza:

-Katatedori Sumi Otoshi.

-Ryote Dori Koshi Nage(w/out the throw).

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

ATTENDANCE LIST:

-KIYAGA Ben

-NJOROGE Walter

-MWAKIO Sammy

NEXT SESSION:THURSDAY,SEPTEMBER 4 @ THE SAME SESSION.