Aikido for 4/7/2008

Before last night's Aikido class, I talked to Jake about a phone call I received yesterday when I was working at the library's reference desk. A Gunnison police officer called and asked if I was the same Jeremy Nelson who taught Aikido at the Escalente Fitness Center. I told him I was and then he asked me about when I started using the mat. Turns out that the mat had been reported stolen from the lower gym on campus. Jake said the mat is leaving but didn't know about the stolen mat report.

Here are the techniques we practiced last night:

• shomen uchi irminage (4 styles) - The first style was a slide in, pivoting tenkan, and then the throw. The second style was a step-back, cut-down, and then an ikkyo opening to
  
• yokomenuchi style punch to the face kokyu (2 styles)
• yokomenuchi style punch to the face shihonage (omote and ura)
• shomen uchi koshinage - the koshinage is a hip throw that requires a good break-fall. This is the technique that Jake requested and I haven't practiced a koshinage since I lived in Salt Lake. The koshinage we practiced last night was a step into the attack, guiding uke's forward arm to your side, sliding your hip as you reach around with your other hand. Uke should continue forward as you sweep the person forward.
  

This was a good practice and we might only have the red wrestling mat for one more night. We should also be receiving the old rements of the mats used for the climbing walls when they are replaced.