Aikido players: Willie and Laura Ukemi: Basic slaps and rolls tonight. I got a good portion of mine in. She took some big falls at the end of class. The Walk: Twice. Releases: Both made it through all of theirs. Techniques: We spent the evening on Aigamae-ate. Did some work at one-step and then at…
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Aikido Friday Night – 10/5/18 – Clear Creek Aikido/Wasabi Dojo
Aikido players: Willie and Laura Ukemi: Basic slaps and rolls tonight. I got a good portion of mine in, but watched over Laura as she was feeling a bit off. She then wanted to take some big falls. The Walk: Twice. Releases: Both made it through 5-8. Techniques: I had them start at 1 and…
Aikido Thursday Night - 10/4/18 - Clear Creek Aikido/Wasabi Dojo
Aikido players: Jeremy and Kat (new student) Ukemi: Basic slaps and rolls tonight. The Walk: Twice. Plus another more instructional run-through Releases: We made it through the first two. Techniques: We did a little work on “Punch The Dummy” ™ and then some work on walking on the mat. Commentary: None tonight.
Aikido Friday Night - 10/2/18 - Clear Creek Aikido/Wasabi Dojo
Aikido players: Jeremy and Willie Ukemi: Basic slaps and rolls tonight. I actually managed to get a full set in tonight. The Walk: Twice. Releases: Willie made it through his complete sets. Techniques: Willie on Shihonage and Shomenate. Jeremy joined class late and did a little work on Shomenate Commentary: None tonight.
Aikido Thursday Night - 9/27/18 - Clear Creek Aikido/Wasabi Dojo
Aikido players: Laura and Jeremy Ukemi: Basic slaps and rolls tonight. Moved Jeremy up to full rolls tonight and brought out the crash pad to make certain no damage was done. He made some great progress in not collapsing his elbow The Walk: Three times. Bending the knees a little bit more helps on the…
Aikido Tuesday Night - 9/25/18 - Clear Creek Aikido/Wasabi Dojo
Aikido players: Laura and Jeremy Ukemi: Basic slaps and rolls tonight. Moved Jeremy up to full rolls tonight and brought out the crash pad to make certain no damage was done. The Walk: Three times. We’re still working with the mat and its affect on doing the opposite hand/foot pivot. I have a devil of…
Aikido Thursday Night - 9/20/18 - Clear Creek Aikido/Wasabi Dojo
Aikido players: Willie and Laura Ukemi: Basic slaps and rolls tonight. Fewer tweaked muscles on the students tonight, so we did rolls. I even got in most of my regular set tonight The Walk: Twice. I’m still having issues with the off-hand pivot on this new mat. The mat is bouncy enough that I have…
Aikido Tuesday Night - 9/18/18 - Wasabi Dojo
Aikido players: Willie and Jeremy Ukemi: Basic slaps and rolls tonight. Fewer tweaked muscles on the students tonight, so we did rolls. The Walk: Three times. Willie came on the mat for the last bit of the third rep Releases: Willie made it through his, Jeremy made it through no.4. Techniques: Jeremy and Willie worked on…
Aikido Wednesday Night - 6/21/17 - Clear Creek Aikido
Aikido players: Just me Ukemi: Basic stretches. The Walk: About 2 times. Releases: None tonight Techniques: No walking practice tonight A series of regular attacks with the jo (72). Followed by a couple of cycles across the mat with the attack for “hi otoshi” (72). Straight attacks with the bokken (72), attacks for oshi taioshi…
Aikido Saturday Afternoon - 6/17/17 - Clear Creek Aikido
Aikido players: Trey Ukemi: Basic stretches. The Walk: Not today. Releases: We played with the first 4 releases. We talked about different approaches to teaching them and teaching the principles behind them. Techniques: Before Trey arrived, I did a series of regular attacks with the jo (72). Followed by a couple of cycles across the…