TUESDAY TRAINING

 Another wonderful Tuesday 23rd on the mat with Kawakami Sensei at the Japanese Information Center at UpperHill. It was a full house with many seniors and juniors in attendance and the Aikido spirit of training and assisting each other in understanding techniques and movements was in abundance tonight.              

sensei Kawakami Started off the Class with Calisthenics and then techniques.

CALISTHENICS

Ikkyo Undo- wrist exercise 

Nikkyo Undo- wrist exercise 

Sankyo Undo- wrist exercise

Kotegaeshi Undo- wrist exercise 

Shikko- walking on knees

Ukemi- forward (Mae) & backward (Ushiro) rolling/ falling

Basic stretching, horse stance and side lunges.

TECHNIQUES

SHIHO NAGE- Four directional Throw

1.Kata dori shihonage omote- 1st teaching four directional throw, in front of Uke.

2.Kata dori shihonage -2nd tech using head going outside under uke's arm as nage, to ground.

3.Katate dori shihonage omote- 1st teaching four directional throw from gyaku hanmi.

4.Katate dori shihonage ura- 2nd teaching four directional throw from gyaku hanmi, behind uke.

5.Ushirokata dori shihonage omote- shoulder grab from behind four directional throw 1st teaching.

6.Ushirokata dori shihonage 2nd- grab from behind four directional throw under uke with head.

7.Hanmi handachi kata dori- nage in seiza and uke standing shoulder grab.

8.Hanmi handachi katate dori- nage in seiza and uke standing same side wrist grab four directional throw.

NIKKYO- 2nd Pinning technique

1.Katate dori Nikkyo omote- 2nd pinning technique 1st version, front of uke.

2.Katare dori Nikkyo ura- 2nd pinning technique 2nd version, behind uke.

YONKYO- 4th Pinning technique

1.Katate dori yonkyo- same side wrist grab 4th pinning technique.

2.Kata dori yonkyo- same side shoulder grab 4th pinning technique.

Applications in JIYU WAZA

Kawakami Sensei later on performed Jiyuwaza from sitting position. His Uke was Ben.

-Shihonage omote and Ura- four directional throw

-Kotegaeshi -wrist throw

-Sankyo 3rd pin & nage waza.

-Uchi Kaiten nage

-Ryote dori versions of kotegaeshi, shihonage, kokyunage.

Continue coming on the mat and improve your Aikido.