Garry taught both classes on Saturday. The first class was a silent class, we went through a number of different techniques and the challenge of course, was keeping your month shut. We had a new beginner and I was working with her on a katatetori sumiotoshi variation and I tried to communicate the best way to take ukemi because when I was throwing her as nage, her falls were not the best, so I had to use different hand signals repeatedly when a quick verbal instruction would have saved her some difficultly. We worked on ikkyo, nikkyo, kokyunage, and kubinages.
The second class was an Aikido Fundamentals class and we had two brand new beginners. Garry had us practice forward and backward ukemi for about half of the class, I didn't mind because I can always use ukemi training. The rest of the class was spent learning the basic bokken movements and attacks. I enjoyed both classes and being on the mat.
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