Ken taught Tuesday night's Aikido class. After warm-ups, we worked on nage getting out of the way first from a shomen strike and then doing either a kokyunage or some other technique after uke has already extended and committed to the attack.
Towards the end of class, Ken had us work on the initial opening for most of the jo katas and we worked on the "cat" stance that blocks uke's strike over nage's head. Nage then rotates and spirals the jo down while dropping center to create an effective counter-strike. I needed help on this so it was great to be able to practice.
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