Aikido for 10/18/2009

After an extended warm-up, Heather, Mike, and I practiced forward and backward ukemi and then worked on some break-fall exercises and at the end, all of us where able to do a basic break-fall from standing position. I also threw Mike for a koshunage. We then trained in the following techniques:

katate dori kokyunage uchi variation

katate dori kokyunage soto variation

hanmi handachi katate dori kokyunage uchi

hanmi handachi katate dori kokyunage soto

katate dori hijinage omote and ura

hanmi handachi katate dori hijinage omote and ura

We ended class with kokyu-ho exercise after about an hour and twenty minute class.