Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Tuesday, November 29, 2016 session at the JICC Conference Room

It was an honour to have Andreas Schriber Sensei grace us with his presence and for those who know Andi Sensei, the session was technical and detailed to the core!

The session commenced with light warm up drills to prepare us for the techniques.

Shikko was also on the 'menu' and Andi Sensei took us through on how to effectively execute Shikko (Mae, Ushiro and Irimi Tenkan) before Andi Sensei guided us through the following:

TACHI WAZA :

-Ai Hanmi Katatedori Ikkyo Omote & Ura respectively.

-Ai Hanmi Katatedori Nikyo Omote & Ura respectively.

-Ai Hanmi Katatedori Sankyo Omote & Ura respectively.

-Ai Hanmi Katatedori Yonkyo Omote & Ura respectively.

-Ushiro Ryote Dori Sankyo and Kote Gaeshi respectively.

Andi Sensei reminded us (especially for the ones with Yonkyu and above) to develop the instinct of not letting Uke grab one's hand when in a static positon.

I came across an interesting article about Andi Sensei who apart from being an ardent practitioner of Aikido, is also a journalist and an environmentalist.

http://www.biovision.ch/en/about-us/who-we-are/team/andreas-schriber/


NEXT SESSION: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1 @ THE SAME VENUE

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22,2016 SESSION AT THE JICC CONFERENCE

Walter set the ball rolling in the session with a bit of mawari ukemi and ushiro ukemi followed by stretching exercises.

Wazas were as follows,


Kata-tori Nikkyo omote and ura

Shomen-uchi iriminage

Ryote-tori shihonage omote and ura

Tsuki kotegaeshi

We ended the session as usual.
No session on Thursday 24,2016.
Next session Tuesday 29,2016

Friday, November 18, 2016

Thursday, November 17, 2016 session at the JICC Conference Room

The session kicked off courtesy of areba Daniel.we began with funakogi and furitama,warm-up exercises winding-up with Mae and ushiro ukemi.

WAZAS

Katate Tori ikyo undo opening

Katate Tori ikyo

Katate Tori shihonage

Ushiro ryote-tori ikyo

Ushiro ryote-tori shihonage

Yokomem uchi shihonage

Ryote-tori kokyu mage

Jiyu-waza kokyu mage

We ended the session with Hashin-undo.

Next session Tuesday,22 November 2016
Same venue

Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Tuesday, November 15, 2016 session at the JICC Conference Room

Toshiyuki San arrived early for an appointment at the JICC and lucky for us, we kicked off the day's session quite early with the basics of Tai no Tenkan Ho, the opening of Ai Hanmi Katatedori Irimi Nage with emphasis on Tsugi Ashi as well as the Shomen Uchi attack.

SUWARI WAZA :

-Shomen Uchi Ikkyo (Omote & Ura).

TACHI WAZA :

-Shomen Uchi Nikyo (Omote & Ura).

-Katatedori Kokyu Ho.

-Ryote dori Kokyu Nage.

Haishin Undo wrapped up the session.

NEXT AIKIDO SESSION: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17 AT THE SAME VENUE

Thursday, November 10, 2016

Thursday, November 10, 2016 session at the JICC Conference Room

The session kicked off with a brief warm up and stretching exercises courtesy of Toshiyuki San followed thereafter by a Mae and Ushiro Ukemi 'mini marathon' from both Suwari Waza and Tachi Waza.

The day's attacks/techniques featured the following:

TACHI WAZA :

-Shomen Uchi Ikkyo and Nikyo Omote respectively.

-Katatedori Shiho Nage Omote (different version).

SUWARI WAZA :

-Zagi Kokyu Ho.

Toshiyuki San emphasised on the importance of Tori 'entering' to unbalance Uke during a Shomen Uchi attack as well as Uke's positioning when attacking Tori, i.e. being out of range from Tori's line of attack when in a static stance.

Haishin Undo ended the session.

NEXT AIKIDO SESSION: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15 AT THE SAME VENUE.

Tuesday, November 8, 2016

Tuesday, November 8, 2016 session at the JICC Conference Room

Daniel Sempai kicked off the session with an intense and sweaty work out session followed by Mae and Ushiro Ukemi from both Suwari Waza and Tachi Waza as well as an 'Ukemi marathon' for the more advanced Aikidoka.

TACHI WAZA :

-Shomen Uchi Ikkyo Omote & Ura.

-Shomen Uchi Nikyo Omote & Ura.

-Katatedori Shiho Nage Omote & Ura.

-Katatedori Kata Gatame.

-Katatedori Hiji Waza.

-Katatedori Kokyu Nage (two versions).

-Ai Hanmi Katatedori Uchi Kaiten Nage Omote & Ura.

The session came to a close with a five minute body work out featuring the dreaded star jumps.

NEXT SESSION: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10 @ THE SAME VENUE.


Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Aikido cosmology

Osensei said,aiki is to teach the basis for the creation of budo in which techniques are born as one moves.
So you have to understand the basis for the creation of techniques.the basis is kokyu power.there is nothing else.when you develop kokyu power,countless techniques emerge.you can't create techniques only by doing the forms of the past.

Shioda notes that in pre-war training,there were no pre-set forms they,they had to mimic what ueshiba did.
Kisshomaru  states:it was around 1937 or 1938 that I began to practice aikido seriously.i had already learned techniques by then.one can learn techniques in 2 or 3 years.
No,ueshiba didn't teach techniques.he viewed his art as formless and where his body moved,his training partner created the opening for techniques to happen.the students did the best that they could with what ueshiba gave them.since he wasn't really teaching the secrets,the students mimicked the forms and trained techniques.
It was the students who developed a curriculum by writing down techniques and sorting them into some type of syllabus.

Ueshiba ;there are about 3000 basic techniques and each of them has 16 variations,so there are many thousands.depending on the situation,you create create new ones.

There is a sense that the waza  can be seen as vehicles for the expression of creativity and this,to my mind,is what morihei ueshiba meant by takemusu aiki.

Tuesday, November 1, 2016 session at the JICC Conference Room

After a brief warm up session that also incorporated Mae (both Suwari Waza and Tachi Waza), Gyaku and Yoko Ukemi as well as Shikko, Joshua Kohai took us through the following:

TACHI WAZA :

-Ai Hanmi Katatedori Ikkyo Omote & Ura.

-Ai Hanmi Katatedori Nikyo Omote & Ura.

-Ai Hanmi katatedori Sankyo Omote & Ura.

-Ai Hanmi Katatedori Kote Gaeshi Omote.

The session culminated with a round of Jiyu Waza.

*A reminder for those willing to attend this Saturday's Japanese Cultural Festival to send their full name & passport/identity card number to:jinfocul@nb.mofa.go.jp before Friday, November 4.

NEXT SESSION: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8 @ THE SAME VENUE