Aikido for 11/08/2009

Today Mike, Heather, and I warmed up and then I had us practice happo-undo (8-direction) and happo-gi shomen exercise with the bokken. We then practiced the following techniques:

katatetori kokyu-nage omote and ura

katatetori shihonage omote and ura

tanto-tori gokyo omote

For the kokyu-nage and shihonage techniques, I tried to show the connection between the angles and movements are the same as the happo-undo and happo-gi exercises we did at the beginning of class.