Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Tuesday, March 31, 2015 session at the JICC Conference Room

I was MIA last Thursday and made sure I did not miss out on this Tuesday's session which was packed with several newcomers although some later expressed interest in joining the Karate sessions beginning this coming Thursday.

After the warm up session, what followed was Mae and Ushiro Ukemi from Suwari Waza and the following attack/techniques:

-Katatedori Uchi Kaiten Nage

-Yokomen Uchi Shiho Nage Omote

-Ai Hanmi Katatedori Kote Gaeshi

ATTENDANCE LIST:

-NJOROGE Walter

-BOKEA Joseph

-WAITITU Vanessa

-MURAGURI Herman

-WANDIA Eunice

-WAKIBI James

-WANDIA

-A good number of newcomers

-MWAKIO Sammy

NEXT SESSION:THURSDAY,APRIL 2 @ THE SAME VENUE





Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Tuesday, March 24, 2015 session at the JICC Conference Room

The Tuesday session kicked off with a light warm up session followed by Mae Ukemi from Suwari Waza and Mae Shikko then the following techniques followed:

-Ai Hanmi Katatedori ikkyo Omote and Ura respectively.

-Shorter version of Nikyo from the Katatedori stance.

-Ai Hanmi Katatedori Sankyo Omote.

The JICC was a beehive of activity since there was a Karate intake on this particular day hoping that the Aikido session will also have intakes twice or thrice yearly (just a thought).

ATTENDANCE LIST:

-MICHUKI Leon

-BOKEA Joseph

-MURAGURI Herman

-Khadija

-Quite a sizeable number of newcomers.

-MWAKIO Sammy

NEXT SESSION:THURSDAY,MARCH 26 @ THE SAME VENUE

P.S.

A REMINDER ONCE AGAIN TO NEWCOMERS TO OBSERVE DOJO ETIQUETTE ESPECIALLY SITTING PROPERLY IN SEIZA, MINIMISE TALKING WHEN PERFORMING A TECHNIQUE AND ALWAYS ASKING FOR PERMISSION BEFORE LEAVING THE DOJO.

Thursday, March 19, 2015

Thursday, March 19, 2015 session at the JICC Conference Room

Douglas Kohai took us through the warm up session which included some body conditioning exercises as well as Ukemi before Jason Sempai took over the rest of the session which featured the following:

-From the Ai Hanmi Katatedori stance:

Ikkyo Omote and Ura respectively.

-From the Katatedori stance:

Shiho Nage Ura and Kote Gaeshi Ura respectively.

We ended the session with Haishin undo.

ATTENDANCE LIST:

KITAYAMA Toshiyuki

KIBE Jason

OSORO Douglas

BOKEA Joseph

NYANG'OR Vincent

WAITITU Vanessa

MURAGURI Herman

A good number of newcomers

MWAKIO Sammy

NEXT SESSION:TUESDAY,MARCH 24 @ THE SAME VENUE







Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Tuesday, March 17, 2015 session at the JICC Conference Room

Another week and new sessions and this particular session witnessed an additional number of Aikido newcomers which made it quite challenging to do Ukemi and the like.

After a brief warm up session followed by Mae Ukemi from Suwari Waza, we went through the following:

-Shomen Uchi Ikkyo Omote.

-Reverse Kote Gaeshi.

-Ai Hanmi Katatedori Irimi Nage Omote.

The session ended with Haishin Undo.

ATTENDANCE LIST:

-MICHUKI Leon

-MUNGAI Kevin

-MURAGURI Herman

-WAITITU Vanessa

-WAMBUGU Michael

-WANDIA Eunice

-A number of newcomers

-MWAKIO Sammy

P.S.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE A GI AND ARE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN AN AIKIDO 'EXHIBITION' TO BE FEATURED LIVE ON QTV THIS COMING SATURDAY ON THE KISWAHILI SPORTS PROGRAMME "MWANASPOTI",KINDLY CONFIRM YOUR PARTICIPATION DURING THIS THURSDAY'S SESSION.OUR CHAIRMAN JASON SEMPAI IS THE ONE ORGANISING THE EVENT TO SHOWCASE AIKIDO LIVE ON TELEVISION.

NEXT SESSION:THURSDAY,MARCH 19 @ THE SAME VENUE

Thursday, March 12, 2015

Thursday, March 12, 2015 session at the JICC Conference Room

We kicked off the day's session with a warm up session followed by Mae Ukemi from both Suwari & Tachi Waza as well as Mae & Ushiro Shikko.

What followed were the following attacks/techniques:

-Shomen Uchi:Ikkyo(Omote & Ura) and Sankyo Omote respectively.

-Katatedori Irimi Nage.

The session came to a close with Haishin Undo.

ATTENDANCE LIST:

-MUTHII Joshua

-NJOROGE Walter

-NYANG'OR Vincent

-WAITITU Vanessa

-MURAGURI Herman

-A newcomer eager to practise Aikido

-MWAKIO Sammy

NEXT SESSION:TUESDAY,MARCH 17 @ THE SAME VENUE

P.S.

Those of you who are interested in reading more about Aikido, kindly check out the Aikido journal blog on the following link:

http://blog.aikidojournal.com/



Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Tuesday, March 10, 2015 session at the JICC Conference Room

It was good to have our chairman Jason Sempai training together with us and he did not disappoint.

After going through a brief session of Mae Ukemi from Suwari Waza, Jason Sempai guided us through the following techniques:

-Ai Hanmi Katatedori Ikkyo Omote & Ura respectively.

-Ai Hanmi Katatedori Shiho Nage Omote & Ura respectively.

-Katatedori Kokyu Ho.

-Katatedori Uchi Kaiten Nage (special request)

ATTENDANCE LIST:

-KIBE Jason

-MUTHII Joshua

-NJOROGE Walter

-MUNGAI Kevin

-WAKIBI James

-MURAGURI Herman

-WANDIA Eunice

-A number of new comers who will be included in the register soon

-MWAKIO Sammy

NEXT SESSION:THURSDAY,MARCH 12 @ THE SAME VENUE

Monday, March 9, 2015

Thursday, March 5, 2015

Thursday, March 5, 2015 session at the JICC Conference Room

After a warm up session that included push ups using the outside of the palms, the fists and on all fingers,we kicked off the session with the following techniques all executed from the Ai Hanmi Katatedori stance:

-Ikkyo Omote & Ura respectively.

-Nikyo Omote & Ura respectively.

More emphasis on Tenkan and Irimi is required.

The 'dojo' was packed so much that two lines had to be formed when performing Rei after ending the session.

ATTENDANCE LIST:

-KITAYAMA Toshiyuki

-MICHUKI Leon

-NJOROGE Walter

-BOKEA Joseph

-NYANG'OR Vincent

-WAKIBI James

-MUNGAI Kevin

-WANDIA Eunice

-NEKESA Salome

-WAITITU Vanessa

-Michael

-A number of newcomers

-MWAKIO Sammy

NEXT SESSION:TUESDAY,MARCH 10 @ THE SAME VENUE

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Tuesday, March 3, 2015 session at the JICC Conference Room

The session kicked off as is the tradition with a light warm up session followed by Ukemi whereby Douglas Kohai divided us into three groups:the most experienced,the ones with some experience and the least experienced and for those in the 'most experienced' group,we did Mae,Ushiro,Gyaku and any other Ukemi we could think of.

What followed thereafter was an intense round of Shikko which left many with hurting and bruised knee caps.

The techniques that followed were all executed from the Ai Hanmi Katatedori stance and they were:

-Shiho nage Omote.

-Ude kime nage.

-Irimi nage Omote.

The session ended with a good back stretch in the form of Haishin undo.

ATTENDANCE LIST:

-KITAYAMA Toshiyuki

-OSORO Douglas

-MICHUKI Leon

-OKUMU Julius

-NYANG'OR Vincent accompanied by his colleague

-WAITITU Vanessa

-Salome

-MURAGURI Herman

-A newcomer who joined us for the first time althoguh the way she sat in seiza one would say she had practised martial arts before.

-MWAKIO Sammy

NEXT SESSION:THURSDAY,MARCH 5 @ THE SAME VENUE