Mike and I warmed and with no one in the multi-purpose room during most of today's practice, we were able to do forward and backward ukemi across the room. We then practiced the following techniques:- shomenuchi kokyunage
- yokomenuchi hijinage omote
- katatetori soto-style kokyunage omote and ura
- katatetori ikkyo-style kokyunage omote and ura
We then practiced the first and second kumitachi after doing one hundred bokken cuts. I didn't my bokken to block enought of an unexpected yokomen strike from Mike so I got a nice bokken strike to may right upper eye socket.
I have included the lastest snapshot of my Irimi painting. I added white to all of the practice gis and I painted the mat a first layer of light green, I am trying to replicate the color of the tatami mats of Boulder Aikikai.
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