Aikido for 12/21/2011

Aikido class for Tuesday was taught by Ken and there was just Garry, Craig (a new beginner), and myself. After warm-ups we worked on overhead strikes starting from shomen but bringing out the portable mats so we could practice as near full-strength. I miss-judged the distance a couple of times and ended up getting hit directly in the face a couple of times but then we moved to shomen techniques with a nage working on kuszeshi (breaking-balance) after uke attacks with stronger and dedicated shomen attack.