Thursday, September 25, 2008

Aikido for 09/24/2008

Jake and I were the only ones for class. From this class we worked on breath throws and maintaining a constant flow and speed in the techniques.

From suwari-waza, I had us shikyo (knee-walking) around the edge of the mat while alternating foward and backward rolls. We then practiced our tai no tenkan while in suwari-waza. We then stood up and practiced tai no tenkan, starting from suwari-waza does reinforce the balance and ending stance for tai no tenkan. By starting on tai no tenkan from suwari-waza, the rest of Aikido techniques flowed for the remainder of the class. Jake and I worked on kokyu-nages from a variety of attacks.

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