Aikido for 03/24/2008

For last night's Aikido class, I brought my bokken for some bokken-tori techniques to practice with Jake.

Here are last night's techniques:

• tsuski nikkyo (omote and ura)
• tsushi sankyo (omote and ura)
  
• tsuski kokyu nage
• bokken-tori shomenuchi kokyu nage
• bokken-tori shomenuchi kotegaeshi
• bokken-tori shomenuchi irminage
  
• bokken-tori yokomenuchi shiho nage

For the bokken-tori techniques, the techniques are only done one side. Practicing with a wooden sword is more about the movements and proper mai ai positioning than as a practical response to an attack (although this practice does have some relevancy if a baseball bat is coming towards you).