Thursday, January 28, 2016

Thursday, January 28, 2016 session at the JICC Conference Room

It was raining outside but inside the 'dojo' it was humid and most of us were drenched in sweat by the time the lenghty warm up session was through which also included Mae, Ushiro and Yoko Ukemi from Tachi Waza.

The session featured the following attacks/techniques:

SUWARI WAZA:

-Shomen Uchi Ikkyo Omote and Ura respectively.

-Shomen Uchi Irimi Nage Omote.

-Zagi Kokyu Ho.

TACHI WAZA:

-Ryote Dori Shiho Nage Omote

NEXT SESSION: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2016 AT THE SAME VENUE.

Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Tuesday, January 26, 2016 session at the JICC Conference Room

Ben Sempai took us through the whole session which began as usual with warm up exercises followed by the following attacks/techniques:

SUWARI WAZA:

-Ai Hanmi Katatedori Yonkyo Omote and Ura respectively.

TACHI WAZA:

-Katatedori Sumi Otoshi.

-Ai Hanmi Katatedori Uchi kaiten Nage (Omote and Ura), and Kote Gaeshi Omote (two versions) respectively.

-Yokomen Uchi Irimi Nage Omote, Yonkyo Omote and Sankyo (Omote and Ura) respectively.

Zagi Kokyu Ho and Haishin Undo wrapped up the session.

Since the session had quite a large turnout of newcomers, the senior Aikidoka and those preparing for grading were on one side of the 'dojo' and the newcomers were on the other side of the 'dojo'.

NEXT SESSION: THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 2016 AT THE SAME VENUE


Thursday, January 21, 2016

Thursday, January 21, 2016 session at the JICC Conference Room

With the upcoming grading just a few weeks away, everyone is trying their level best to catch up on lost time and review as many attacks/techniques as possible and this particular session was no different.

Douglas Kohai took us through the warm up session followed thereafter by Mae and Ushiro Ukemi from Tachi Waza before kicking off the session with Ai Hanmi Katatedori Ikkyo Omote and Ura.

Toshiyuki San took over the rest of the session and guided us through the following (all being executed from a static Morote Dori stance):

-Shiho Nage Omote and Ura respectively.

-Nikyo Omote and Ura respectively.

-Kokyu Nage (two versions).

Zagi Kokyu Ho and Haishin Undo wrapped up the session.

NEXT SESSION: TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2016 AT THE SAME VENUE


Promotion of Daniel Areba to 1 KYU

I take this opportunity to congratulate our very own Daniel AREBA for achieving the rank of 1 KYU. For those who are not aware, kindly copy paste the following link to your browser:

https://www.facebook.com/WroclawAikikai/?ref=ts&fref=ts

Congratulations once again Dan!

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Tuesday, January 19, 2016 session at the JICC Conference Room

It was good to see Douglas Kohai back and ready to progress further this year in Aikido. Being his first Aikido session this year, he was eager to practise Aikido and it was he who took us through the whole session beginning with a brief warm up session followed by Mae and Ushiro Ukemi (both Suwari & Tachi Waza) as well as Shikko.

The rest of the session featured the following attacks/techniques:

-Ai Hanmi Katatedori Irimi Nage Omote, Kote Gaeshi Omote and Shiho Nage (Omote & Ura) respectively.

-Shomen Uchi Irimi Nage Omote.

-Ryote Dori Tenchi Nage.

The session culminated with Haishin Undo.

NEXT SESSION: THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 2016 AT THE SAME VENUE.

Thursday, January 14, 2016

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS !

I have just received a call from Mr. Futaki of the JICC and he would like us to confirm to him the following:

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2016:

How many of us are available either from 10:00 a.m. to noon (morning session) or from 02:00 p.m. to 04:00 p.m. (afternoon session).
He stated that he is willing to consider 04:00 p.m. to 06:00 p.m. but not later than that.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2016 (GRADING):

How many of us are available from 02:00 p.m. to 04:00 p.m. (afternoon session).

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2016:

An Aikido exhibition will take place during the morning hours up until about noon since the Sensei will be travelling back to Japan on the same day.

Kindly confirm availability ASAP for planning purposes.

Thursday, January 14, 2016 session at the JICC Conference Room

It seems 2016 has began with good tidings and this being only the second session of the year, we were privileged to have among us Andi Schriber (Shidoin) who is an Aikido instructor at the Aikido Ikeda dojo in Zurich, Switzerland.

He had previously enquired on this blog about joining us for practise and true to his word, he joined us on this particular session. He stated that he usually travels quite a lot and that he hopes to be back soon and join us for another session or two.

The warm up session as well as the rest of the session was conducted by Toshiyuki San and after a 'Japanese' warm up session followed by Mae and Ushiro Ukemi from both Tachi Waza as well as Suwari Waza followed by Mae Shikko, the following attacks/techniques followed suit:

-Tai no Tenkan Ho.

-Shomen Uchi Ikkyo (Omote and Ura) and Irimi Nage Omote respectively.

-Katatedori Shiho Nage (Omote and Ura) and Uchi Kaiten Nage Omote respectively.

The session ended with Zagi Kokyu Ho followed by Haishin Undo.


Andi Schriber (Godan), Shidoin. Member of the technical committee of the Aikido Ikeda dojo, Zurich, Switzerland (http://www.aikido-ikeda.ch/en/our_dojo/teachers/index.html)


NEXT SESSION: TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2016 AT THE SAME VENUE

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Tuesday, January 12, 2016 session at the JICC Conference Room

The first session of 2016 kicked off with a bang since we had four new faces three of whom are first timers and the fourth one actually joined Aikido around the same time I first joined Nairobi Aikikai but left after about one month or so to attend to other duties but who is now back.

Toshiyuki San guided us through the warm up session which was followed by an intense Ukemi practise session featuring Mae and Ushiro Ukemi from both Suwari Waza (for the newcomers) and Tachi Waza (for the more experienced Aikidoka).

The rest of the session featured the following attacks/techniques:

-Tai no Tenkan Ho.

-Katatedori Kokyu Ho and Kokyu Nage respectively.

-Shomen Uchi Ikkyo Omote and Ura respectively.

-Katatedori Shiho Nage Omote and Ura respectively.

-Zagi Kokyu Ho.

The session wrapped up with Haishin Undo.

NEXT SESSION: THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 2016 AT THE SAME VENUE

Friday, January 1, 2016