Aikido 2/26/2008

Last night at Aikido, a new female student showed up for class. Jake and I moved the wrestling mat out from the storage room and the class lasted for the entire hour. Most of the class was spent going over various warm-up exercises, basic stepping and sliding tenkan exercises. The new student has a black-belt in Taekwondo, so she does have a good martial arts background. I tried to explain some basic ideas about Aikido to her and Jake was extremely helpful in explanation of various exercises and terminology. Next, we spent time learning how to do forward and backward rolls from a sitting position. Finally, we practiced a simple Katatetori kokyu nage. The new student wasn't sure if she would be back, I told her to do a Google search on Aikido for more information and I hope to see her back in class.