Today was the last day of the Aikido Bridge Friendship Seminar in San Diego and like all of these events, somewhat bittersweet because I had such an enjoyable time. A time goes by and I get older, I learn more and feel my own practice, understanding, and conception of Aikido deepens and is enriched.
The first class was taught by Tissier Sensei who after warm-ups, started off with a katatetori ikkyo technique where nage slides off the line bringing the grabbed hand diagonally across the body while doing an atemi to the face before coming over the top of the hand and completing the ikkyo throw and pin. He then showed if the nage position is too wide, then nikkyo is the natural option because of the flow into throw and pin. We then worked on a sankyo pin from the same opening and pin. Tissier Sensei then had us practice a shomenuchi ikkyo opening from ai hamni with nage getting off the line about 45 degrees either to uke's open or closed side. Nage's hand position with the forward hand absorbs the strike while the inside hand grabs uke's elbow and then can either throw uke for an omote or ura throw.
Doran Sensei taught the second class and after katatetori tenkan, irimi, and opening exercise, we worked on the
The final class was taught by Ikeda Sensei and he continued with
This seminar I had series of small, but significant breakthroughs that are hard to verbalize and write about but are a function of the internal structures of my own body and energy flows through it. I feel that I so fortunate and privileged to have been able to receive such instruction and to reconnect with old friends and make some great new friends as well.
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