Aikido for 09/04/2010

Today I taught both the Open and Fundamental Aikido classes, covering for Garry. The first class's focus was surawaz and we practiced the following techniques:

• shomenuchi ikkyo omote and ura
• katadori nikkyo omote and ura
• shomenuchi sankyo omote and ura
• yokomenuchi kotegasehi
• For the last technique everyone's knees were sore so we practiced it standing up, katadori iriminage ikkyo style opening

For the second, fundamentals class, I taught the following basic techniques:

• kosadori soto-style kokyunage
• kosadori uchi-style kokyunage
• shomenuchi iriminage
• katatedori shihonage omote and ura