Aikido for 05/03/2010

Yesterday I went to the Gunnison Community Center for the 2pm class and discovered another group was using the space, there was too many kids to practice safely. I called Mike and canceled class.

Today, I arrived at 5:30pm, set-up the mats, and then practiced the 12 jo-kata. I also did some tenkan and irimi exercises with the jo, I found the jo kept in me closer and changed my perceptions of my body and center. I'll have to play around with these exercises in the future. We then practiced these techniques:

• katatedori shihonage omote and ura
• surawaza katatedori shihonage omote and ura
• katatedori ikkyo omote and ura
• surawaza katatedori ikkyo omote and ura
• katatedori iriminage
• surawaza katatedori iriminage