Today's class... From the start.
We began with some ukemi (rolls). As usual, at least for me, the roll was not as smooth - the sound of contact with the ground was occasionally heard. I really need to master this otherwise the floor with smoothen me :) Anyway, remember that the head goes to the side and avoid touching the ground with the knees.
We then covered AiHanmi Ikkyo Omote in 3 versions, namely:
- KatateDori (single wrist grab),
- MoroteDori (single wrist grab with attacker ie uke using both hands),
- RyoteDori (both wrists being grabbed).
The concepts are all similar and once the KatateDori version is understood, the others will follow.
From there came JujiNage (if I remember right). It starts as RyoteDori Ikkyo but uke's hands get crossed; one hand crosses the other at the elbow. Kind of entangling of the arms - interesting!
Finally, we ended with a wrist plus elbow lock (not sure of the name but something of the form Hiji Garame Rokkyo). It starts from MoroteDori Ikkyo but the movement changes direction and locks the wrist and elbow. The straight arm is then made vertical thereby pushing, or should I say obliging, uke to lower themself to the ground. Talk about persuasion!
Remember, keep elbows close to oneself, uke's elbow goes over & through their head, and roll smoothly (for your own sake).
That was the class today.
Important notice to those who did not attend: there are no classes on Saturday & Tuesday.
That should be all for now - until Friday!
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