This morning I got up to attend Kip's 5:45am class as I wasn't able to go to Aikido last night because I worked late and I was waiting for a phone call to schedule the delivery of a washer-dryer pair to my apartment. When I arrive, Kip and I were the only ones there so we just had a paired practice. We started off with ryotetori tenshin-nage omote, ryotetori shihonage omote, then practiced a number of ushiro techniques including a number of ushiro kokyunage., ushiro kubishime kotegashi, and ushiro shihonage. Working the entire hour one-on-one, was a great learning experience. First, Kip showed where I was losing my extension and proving openings for uke, the same things I kept telling the students I had in Gunnison. Unlike a beginner, I was still able to perform the technique because I keep my extension and balance most of the time, just as a result from the years of practicing Aikido. What Kip provided was an experienced and centered training partner and teacher, correcting and improving the more subtle aspects of the art.
During koyu-ho exercise at the end, Tip showed two different variations that I have never seen before, the first has nage bringing his hands together and then weaving a figure eight to break uke's center. The second variation is when uke has nage's wrists pinned to nage's knees, nage shifts one knew back to break uke's balance before moving into uke and throwing uke. Great practice this morning and I am really glad I got up and went to class. I may have to come to class more often in the mornings, the temperature was perfect, the training excellent, and the day started off great. I am have to go back to my apartment to wait for my appliances between 10 and noon so now I'll have clean gis if I want to increase my training frequency.
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