Author: ccaikido

Aikido players: Laura. Ukemi: Basic slaps, normal forward rolls. I got 1/2 of my rolls in. The Walk: Twice. Releases: Ful set for both of us. Techniques: We worked on her Mae-otoshi and Tenkai Kote Hineri. I probably took about 70 falls during kata work tonightPrior to class I worked on 3 kata from jodo.…

Aikido players: Laura, and Willie. Ukemi: Basic slaps, normal forward rolls. I got 2/3 of my rolls in. The Walk: Twice. Releases: Round robin with all 3 of us. My releases were not up to snuff. Techniques: Laura, and Willie worked on Sumi otoshi and Hiki Otoshi. sumi went well, Hiki went ok. Prior to…

Aikido players: Laura, Willie, and David. Full class. Ukemi: Basic slaps, normal forward rolls. Worked with David on the next level of rolls on the crash pad. The Walk: Twice, and then some work with David. Releases: Laura and Willie worked on 1, 2a, 2b, and 3 of Ki Harry. No releases for David tonight…

Aikido players: Laura, Willie, and David. Full class. Ukemi: Basic slaps normal forward rolls. Worked with David on the next level of rolls on the crash pad. The Walk: Twice, and then some work with David. Releases: Laura and Willie worked with David, after doing their releases with each other. I then worked with each…

Aikido players: Laura. Ukemi: Basic slaps normal forward rolls. I got a third of my sets in. The Walk: Once. Releases: Laura got all of hers in. Techniques: Sumi-otoshi, left and right, rollout version. Prior to class I worked on Tachi-otoshi from jodo. Commentary: None tonight.

Aikido players: David. Ukemi: Basic slaps and low gravity well forward rolls. The Walk: Many times. Worked up to opposite hand/foot pivot. Releases: Did some work on the first release. Techniques: None tonight. Commentary: None tonight.

Aikido players: No students. Techniques: I worked on Tachi-otoshi from my jo class, basic bokken strikes from Koryu Dai San, and the formal start of jo kata. Commentary: None tonight.

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.