Aikido for 10/20/2011

When I arrived at the dojo, I saw Tip in the parking lot. He injured his foot the night before and asked if I could cover class. So instead of Tip's class, I taught. After warm-ups, I decided to focus the first part of class on the inward spiril variation that Saotome Sensei taught on Saturday. We worked on these techniques from last Saturday's class:

• katatetori kokyunage 2 variations
• katatetori ikkyo omote and ura
• katatetori katennage
• surawazi ushrio ryo-katatori kokyunage 3 variations, the last being of particular interest where nage being pulled from behind while in sitting in sezia, rolls back and brings both feet and clamps around uke's nake and then rocks forward and throws uke

This was a good refresher from this past weekend's seminar. I remembered more than I thought and it was good to work on these techniques. I am covering Garry's Saturday's classes so I'll be able to work on some of the bokken katas.