We started practice with an extended warm-up. Jake mentioned the recent study regarding too much stretching the major muscles is counter-productive to the following work-out. I didn't change that much in the beginng but we did agree to do some more stretching during the cool-down at the end of class.
After doing forward and backward ukemi two laps each up and down the mats, we did one lap of shikko and then a second lap of shikko doing a shomen strikes with our jo.
We then spent about twenty minutes doing 13 jo kata from both left and right sides.
We practiced shomen-uchi dai-sankyo omote and uri.
We then went through the 3rd kyu test requirements from the United States Aikido Federation.
- Yokomenuchi Iriminage (2 ways)
- Yokomenuchi Kotegaeshi
- Tsuki Kaitennage (uchi & soto)
- Ushiro Ryokatatori Sankyo
- Morotetori Iriminage (2 ways)
- Shomenuchi Sankyo
- Suwari waza Shomenuchi Iriminage
- Suwari waza Shomenuchi Nikkyo
- Hanmi handachi Katatetori Shihonage
- Hanmi handachi Katatetori Kaitennage
We then practiced jo tori (jo takeaway) Irminage and jo tori kotegaeshi. We also practiced jo tori Ikkyo. We did do some strectching at the end of the class and I really enjoyed being able to practice for an hour and half.
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