Last night I had a migraine but decided because I hadn't been to Aikido since last Friday morning, to gut it out and attend class regardless (granted I took medication when I got home but I only had ten minutes to rest before I need to leave for class).
Ken taught and after warming up, we practiced the two standard kokyunages, the first katatetori kokyunage tenkan variation, and katatetori kokyunage irimi variation. Ken added a third kokyunage where nage shifts uke's arm and elbow up while directly entering into uke's space to throw uke. We then spent the rest of class working first on static and then a more dynamic shomenuchi iriminage. Ken built up to the irimi throw by having us start by shifting uke's balance and redirect uke to nage's side while keeping both of uke's shoulders and posture on the forward foot. At the end, Ken showed a nage step entry for iriminage that I have thought about so explicitly. I enjoyed class and although I wasn't feel well, I am very glad I went. After class I didn't go out for drinks (while this should have been obvious if you a migraine, I didn't want to contribute to any more pain in my head).
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