Keiko Diary
Our topics today:
- MAE-UKEMI from a kneeling and standing position, various forms
- AI-HANMI KATATE-DORI, basics of the attack, focus on pendulum movement and direction towards UKE
- AI-HANMI KATATE-DORI IKKYO in OMOTE, entry in front of UKE, "Z form"
- AI-HANMI KATATE-DORI IKKYO in URA, entry behind UKE, spiral cut "behind the glass wall"
- AI-HANMI KATATE-DORI IKKYO-NAGE
Our topics today:
- KIRITSU-SEIZA, standing up and sitting down
- KATATE-DORI, essentials of the attack
- TAI-NO-TENKAN ("dinosaur egg")
- KATATE-DORI KOKYU-NAGE, initiated by UKE's forward movement
- KATATE-DORI KOKYU-NAGE-NANAME, initiated by UKE's backward movement
- KATATE-DORI KOKYU-NAGE by sitting down, initiated by UKE's passivity
Our topics today
- Connection exercise: balance between too much and too little
- YOKOMEN-UCHI, basics and entries
- YOKOMEN-UCHI KOKYU-NAGE, outer entry
- YOKOMEN-UCHI IKKYO, IRIMI-TENKAN entry
Our topics at Jörn's class today:
- SHIKKO
- SUWARI-WAZA AI-HANMI KATATE-DORI IKKYO
- SUWARI-WAZA SHOMEN-UCHI IRIMI-NAGE
- TACHI-WAZA SHOMEN-UCHI IRIMI-NAGE
- TACHI-WAZA SHOMEN-UCHI IKKYO with HENKA-WAZA: UKE rises again and is re-directed into a throw in the other direction
Our topics today:
Beginners' Course, Part 4
- AIKIKEN: working with the wooden sword (BOKKEN)
- SHOMEN-UCHI: straight cut from above
- SHIHO-GIRI: 4-directions cut with SHOMEN-UCHI
- Partner exercise: stopping SHOMEN-UCHI
- Partner exercise: dive under SHOMEN-UCHI and counter with YOKOMEN-UCHI (diagonal cut to temple)
Aikido Advanced
- SHOMEN-UCHI KOTEGAESHI URA, two variants (short, long)
- SHOMEN-UCHI KOTEGAESHI OMOTE, via SHIHO-NAGE entry