Aikido for 11/30/2010

Ken started class with the usual warm-up and after tenkan exercises, we spent about ten minutes on the opening movements of the Tai Chi style Ken has been studying for the past few months. We then practiced the following techniques:

1. katatetori kokyu nage nage spirals grabbed hand into uke for the throw
2. kosatori kokyu nage omote
3. kosatori kokyu nage omote dynamic variation

Ken finished class with all of us working on the opening movements of kumetachi number one but we ran out of time before we could finish the entire kumetachi. After class, I attended the dojo board meeting with Ken, Garry, Tip, Nate, and Kate at Old Chicago. I am now officially responsible for the dojo's library; I am creating a customized online library catalog using the open-source library tool-kit I am the main developer of, eCataloger. I should have an alpha version running on Google App Engine by next Tuesday's class.