Aikido for 07/02/2011

I covered Saturday's Aikido classes for Garry. For the 10:30 open class, I focused on the movement relationships between nage's responds in both kosadora and tsuki attacks. We then worked on the following techniques:

• kosadori ikkyo omote and ura
• kosadori shihonage omote and ura
• munetsuki ikkyo omote and ura
• munetsuki shihonage omote and ura
• kosadora sankyo omote and ura
• munetsuki sankyo omote and ura
• I then switched to two ushiro tanto-dori techniques the first technique was a ushiro tanto-dori sankyo
• The second tanto-dori was ushiro tanto-dori with a back choke I learned at Central Illinois Aikikai, I think I forgot some elements but I was able to figure out most of it. Nothing like demoing a long-forgotten technique in front of a class

No other students showed up for the beginner class. Kevin stayed from the first class and so we went through and practiced the first four bokken katas and the first five jo katas.