I was able to leave Gunnison by noon for my drive to the Denver/Boulder area for Boulder Aikikai's Spring Seminar with Ikeda Sensei and Mary Heiny Sensi. I arrived about an hour and a half early, so I ate an early dinner, browsed a local Barnes and Noble, and then drove over to Boulder Aikikai and dressed out.
Heiny Sensei started the first 6-7 p.m. class by saying that Aikido's essence is in every Aikido technique but because of our limitations (her language was more colorful) we need to practice all of the techniques to understand Aikido. Another quote I remember is "Aikido is deadly, we need to respect our Art". We practiced iriminage variations. Heiny Sensei talked about visualizing ki or energy as coming up from the ground and circulating around uke. She said we should move our center and not our arms when doing the technique.
In the second class, Ikeda Sensei had us work on grabbing techniques (katatedori, moritedori, ryo-katadori) when doing the techiques you must take uke's balance by first moving uke's wrist and then moving uke's elbow. By shifting nage's balance you take uke's balance by being connected into a single, unit. We practiced kokunages, kokyuho, and ikkyo from these grabs.
After class, I drove my sister's Jill and family's house in Broomfield.
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