Aikido for 10/04/2011

Last night at Aikido, Ken start with warm-ups and then we did usual katatetori kokyunage tenkan and katatetori kokyunage irimi exercises/techniques. Ken then brought a couple of foam punching mat that nage held while uke practicing first the quick, short jab at full speed. We then switched to a sumitoshi technique where nage just blocked uke's quick jab to the side before moving in and sinking, throwing uke with the sumitoshi technique. The second part of class we worked on straight jab with the shoulder's rolling through. With the straight jab it is easier to bring uke in for a kokyunage. Another great class from Ken.