Aikido for 10/07/2009

Heather and I were the only two practicing tonight. We started off with wrist, legs, torso, stretches and then we practiced forward and backward ukemi. We then practiced forward and backward shikkyo walking and I also had us do a forward or backward roll from shikkyo. We then practiced the following techniques:

Kata dori (shoulder grab) ikkyo omote and ura

Kata dori kokyunage omote and ura

Kata dori shihonage omote and ura

At the end of class, I demonstrated how many of the other techniques we practice (iriminage, sankyo) can easily be executed from a different attack like kata dori. Heather threw me a few times and I showed her how the ikkyo we practiced before can be adjusted to a ikkyo-style kokyunage. We finished class with seated kokyu-ho exercise.