Aikido for 10/19/2010

For Tuesday class, Ken started off with the warm-ups and then we worked on the following techniques:

• katatetori kokyunage
• katatetori kaitenage omote
• tsuki kokyunage
• tsuki combination kokunage
• tsuki (to the face) direct irimi

During a couple of the techniques, Ken commented that I wasn't going directly into uke, my first response was to be defensive, but upon later reflection, I realized that I wasn't practicing the techniques being showed and I need to again check my own ego in practice.

I am teaching Thursday night's Open Aikido class. I told a beginner we would work on some break-fall exercises and I want to work on shomenuchi ikkyo, iriminage, and shihonage variations as well as incorporating some of my new ideas from last Thursday's JKD class.