Author: ccaikido

Aikido players: Laura and Willie. Ukemi: Laura and Willie got their full sets in. The Walk: Twice. Releases: L and W did all of theirs. They worked backwards from 8 to 1. Techniques: Sumi-otoshi. Sumi-otoshi with big falls. It went extremely well. We brought out the extra blue mats and worked on them for peace…

Aikido players: Laura and Willie. Ukemi: Laura and Willie got their full sets in. The Walk: Twice. Releases: L and W did all of theirs. Techniques: Sumi-otoshi and a little bit of ushiro-ate. I’d hoped to get to Sumi-otoshi with big falls tonight, but twas not to be Commentary: None tonight.

Aikido players: Laura. Ukemi: Laura got her full set in. I got in most of my regular set The Walk: Twice. Releases: Laura did all of hers. Techniques: Went through the first 4, paying attention to the basics and going over the fundamentals. Commentary: None tonight.

Aikido players: David and Laura. Ukemi: Helped David. We started with the big crash pad. Laura got her full set in The Walk: Worked up to 6th stone with hand motions. Did the whole Walk a couple of times. Releases: Did some work on the first release. Techniques: Worked on “Punch the Dummy” with Laura…

Aikido players: David. Ukemi: Helped David. We started lowest gravity level and then moved up one with the big crash pad. The Walk: Worked up to 6th stone with hand motions. Showed him footwork for 7th and 8th. Releases: None. Techniques: Worked on “Punch the Dummy”. Commentary: None tonight.

Aikido players: Laure and Willie. David had a prior commitment. Ukemi: Working on a small section of the mat, I refrained. Full set for Laura and Willie. Big falls. The Walk: Twice. Releases: Full set. I had them figure out Ki Harry for releases 5-8. They did well. Techniques: I had Laura and Willie work…

Aikido players: Laure, Willie and David. We have a new student! Ukemi: Working on a small section of the mat, I refrained. Full set for Laura and Willie. Introduced David to the lowest level of forward rolling, plus the usual warm-up slaps. The Walk: Twice. And then multiple times with David through the first 7…

Aikido players: Laura and Willie. And David, a potential new student Ukemi: Wokring on a small section of the mat, I refrained. Full set for Laura and Willie. The Walk: Twice. Releases: Full set. No Ki Harry. Techniques: We worked on 1-5 with a bit of Sumi-otoshi at the end. Commentary: None tonight.

Aikido players: Laura and Willie. Ukemi: Full set for Laura, Willie arrived a bit late. I got in a bit of my set, trying to avoid aggravating my poison ivy. The Walk: Twice. Releases: Full set. A bit of Ki Harry thrown in. Techniques: We worked on Shihonage and Mae-otoshi. Commentary: None tonight.

Aikido players: Solo class. Ukemi: None. The Walk: None. Releases: None. Techniques: I spent a while working on Tachi Otoshi from Jodo. I then spent some time on reps of a couple of elements from the Kihon. Commentary: None tonight.