Today at practice, Mike and I started off with a standard warm-up. I then tried some tenkan exercises from
Aikido Exercises for Teaching and Training (175-176) and then practiced forward and backward ukemi and irimi. The mat was crowded today with small children so we didn't practice break falls.
We then worked on the following techniques:
morotetori ikkyo omote and urasurwaza morotetori ikkyo omote and uramorotetori ikkyo omote and ura with bokkenmorotetori shiho nage omote and ura The last part of class, I introduced shomen, yokomen, and tsuki strikes with the bokken before ending class.
(The photo is from my fishing trip yesterday at Blue Mesa Reservoir. I caught and released a number of small (3-5 inch) trout all along the bank. I also saw one of the largest salmon of my life, a definite fish story)
We then worked on the following techniques:
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