Our topics today:

BEGINNERS' COURSE, part 3 of 4

• Working with the BOKKEN (wooden sword)
• SHOMEN-UCHI (straight cut from above)
• 3 counter techniques against SHOMEN-UCHI

AIKIDO

• YOKOMEN-UCHI basics
• YOKOMEN-UCH IRIMI-TENKAN entry
• YOKOMEN-UCHI KOTEGAESHI in OMOTE

Our topics today:

• SUWARI-WAZA AI-HANMI KATATE-DORI IKKYO in OMOTE & URA
• SUWARI-WAZA AI-HANMI KATATE-DORI NIKYO in OMOTE & URA
• AI-HANMI KATATE-DORI SANKYO in OMOTE & URA
• AI-HANMI KATATE-DORI IKKYO KAESHI-WAZA to IKKYO
• AI-HANMI KATATE-DORI IKKYO HENKA-WAZA to KOKYU-NAGE
• AI-HANMI KATATE-DORI TACHI-WAZA JIU
• AI-HANMI KATATE-DORI SUWARI-WAZA JIU
• AI-HANMI KATATE-DORI TACHI-WAZA JIU with eyes closed

Our topics today:

Beginners' Course, part 2 of 4

• Rolling backwards
• Partner exercises for rolling backwards
• Technique TENCHI-NAGE (heaven-earth throw) from RYOTE-DORI attack (grabbing both wrists)

Aikido

• RYOKATA-DORI KOKYU-NAGE
• RYOKATA-DORI SOKUMEN-IRIMI-NAGE (KOKYU-NAGE-NANAME)
• RYOKATA-DORI SHIHO-NAGE, classic form (extend the arm and dive around and under it chin first)
• RYOKATA-DORI SHIHO-NAGE, variant without using hands for the wrist lock (dive under arm directly and turn back to UKE)
• RYOKATA-DORI IKKYO

Our topics today:

Beginners' Course, part 1 of 4

• Rolling forward
• Attack RYOKATA-DORI (grabbing both shoulders)
• Technique KOKYU-NAGE (breath throw), forwarding form

Aikido

• RYOKATA-DORI KOKYU-NAGE, returning form
• KATA-DORI KOKYU-NAGE
• KATA-DORI IKKYO in OMOTE & URA