Aikido for 10/22/2011

For Saturday's Open and Fundamentals classes, I covered teaching for Garry. After warming up in Open class, I decided to go over some 5th and 6th kyu test techniques.

• Kata dori ikkyo omote and ura
• Kata dori nikkyo omote and ura
• Yokomenuchi iriminage omote and ura
• Yokomenuchi ikkyo omote and two ura variations

We had a large class with some beginners so it was good to work on this basic keiko.

There was only two students for the Fundamentals class so after warm-ups and plenty of ukemi practice, we worked on katetori shihonage along with some basic bokken shomen and yokomen cuts. Both classes were enjoyable to teach.