Jake and I were the only ones practicing Wednesday night.
We started off with a katate-dori kokunage and then worked on tsuki dai-nikyo (omote and ura). Jake and then spent the rest of the class practicing a modified randori (free-style) where uke would attack nage from any direction and from anywhere. It forced Jake and I to respond to kicks, elbow stikes, punches, and knees. Jake was questioning the practicality of some of the more formalized attacks used in Aikido and so through this randori practice, both he and I were able to see how we would respond to a more a conventional attack on the street. I noticed in my respones, I often ended up in sankyo as nage. It is easy to flow to and is an effective and quick submission pin. Next Monday Joey and BT both said they would attend so we might have four people on the mat!
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