Sunday, December 20, 2015

Thursday, December 3, 2015

Thursday, December 3, 2015 session at the JICC Conference Room

Douglas Kohai took us through the warm up session which was slightly different in that we concentrated mainly on Mae and Ushiro Ukemi (Tachi Waza) as well as Mae Ukemi using two Uke as 'barriers'.

Kawakami Sensei arrived a little later and being the last session of the year, he dedicated the whole session to us by requesting if we had any queries.

We suggested  Hanmi Handachi attacks/techniques as well as Tsuki attacks and the following was what Sensei guided us through:

From Hanmi Handachi Waza:

-Ikkyo Omote & Ura.

-Nikyo Omote & Ura.

-Sankyo Omote.

-Yonkyo Omote & Ura.

-Shiho Nage Omote & Ura.

-Kata dori Ikkyo Omote & Ura.

-Shomen Uchi Ikkyo Omote & Ura.

From a Tsuki attack (with Tanto):

-Ikkyo Omote & Ura.

-Sankyo Omote.

-Shiho Nage Omote & Ura.

-Ude Kimenage.

The session culminated with Zagi Kokyu Ho.

Since Kawakami Sensei is still in Kenya until mid December, we will organise and see if we will be able to get a venue in the course of next week to enable us make use of Sensei before he leaves for Japan.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL AND BEST WISHES IN THE COMING YEAR!

NEXT SESSION: TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 2016 @ THE SAME VENUE

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Tuesday, December 1, 2015 session at the JICC Conference Room

The turnout was larger than normal with a good number of newcomers who were 'trying out' Aikido for the very first time and the warm up session was brief which was followed by Mae and Ushiro Ukemi (Tachi Waza) as well as Shikko.

Kawakami Sensei demonstrated various attacks/techniques from a static Katatedori stance, a static Ai Hanmi Katatedori stance, Morote dori stance, a Shomen Uchi strike as well as a Yokomen uchi strike not forgetting the opening for Ushiro Ryote dori techniques.

The major techniques we concentrated on are as follows:

-Katatedori Shiho Nage Omote.

-Morote dori Ikkyo Omote & Ura.

-Morote dori Nikyo Omote & Ura.

-Morote dori Shiho Nage Omote.

-Morote dori Kote Gaeshi.

Kawakami Sensei also demonstrated some advanced techniques featuring two Uke in a Morote dori stance and Tori does Shiho Nage as well as Rokkyo on both Uke.

On the other side, Toshiyuki San guided the newcomers through basic falls and warm up exercises.

Kawakami Sensei reiterated the importance of posture and above all one should keep practising on a regular basis to grasp the basics of each attack/technique.

LAST OFFICIAL SESSION OF 2015: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3 @ THE SAME VENUE