For tonight's class Ken focused again on disrupting uke's balance in the techniques and exercises. We worked on the following:- katatetori kokyunage tenkan
- shomenuchi break-balance by turning nage's center slightly and then bringing uke down, this works better if nage connects more with uke's forearm.
- shomenuchi iriminage omote
- shomenuchi iriminage tenkan
This morning I was reading Saotome Sensei's book and I saw the kanji for ukemi. Since ukemi is so important, I decided to sketch the following that I scanned and uploaded to the blog. I'm thinking that this will be the basis for a new Aikido painting. Instead of creating on the canvas in paint; I want to fully sketch out the painting first before I start painting. I want the woman taking ukemi to more realistic (maybe even a portrait!) so I need to practice my artistic take on the human form practicing Aikido.
No comments:
Post a Comment