Our topics today:

  • Beginners' Course, part 3 of 4

    • Swordwork basics (AIKIKEN)
    • SHOMEN-UCHI
    • 2 counter against SHOMEN-UCHI: direct block at wrist & stepping aside and cutting into the crook of the elbow

    Aikido

    • SHOMEN-UCHI KOKYU-NAGE, SUMI-OTOSHI variant
    • SHOMEN-UCHI KOKYU-NAGE, kneeling down in front of UKE
    • SHOMEN-UCHI, extending the strike by stepping to the outside, with and without SHOTO
    • SHOMEN-UCHI IKKYO in OMOTE with this entry