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Aikido players: Laura and Willie Ukemi: Basic slaps and rolls tonight. I’m still hanging back from rolls, but the leg seems better. A little warm-up on big falls for Laura. The Walk: Twice. Releases: Laura and Willie made it through all of theirs. Techniques: Worked on Kote gaeshi Commentary: None of note.

Aikido players: Laura Ukemi: Basic slaps and rolls tonight. A lot of work with big falls. We got her back to where she had been a while back: falling on the plain mat, no crash pads. The Walk: Twice. Releases: Laura made it through all of hers. Techniques: Worked on Shihonage Commentary: None of note.

Aikido players: Willie and Kim Ukemi: Basic slaps and rolls tonight. A little work with big falls. The Walk: Twice. Releases: They made it through all of theirs. Techniques: Worked on Shomen-ate and Aigamae-ate Commentary: None of note.

Aikido players: Laura Ukemi: Basic slaps and rolls tonight. Once again, a fair amount of work with big falls. The Walk: Twice. Releases: We went through all of Laura’s. Techniques: Worked on Kote Gaeshi Commentary: I did limited work tonight. My left hip/leg is painful in certain orientations so I’m giving it some time to…

Aikido players: Willie and Laura Ukemi: Basic slaps and rolls tonight. A fair amount of work with big falls. The Walk: Twice. Releases: They did the even releases and then the third release. Techniques: Worked on Shihonage and Gedanate Commentary: I did limited work tonight. My left hip/leg is painful in certain orientations so I’m…

Aikido players: Willie and Jeremy Ukemi: Basic slaps and rolls tonight. The Walk: Twice. Releases: Willie made it through his.  Jeremy got called off the mat in the middle of his and did not make it back on in time to complete his. Techniques: Willie did some work on Oshi Taoshi and Ushiro-ate.  Jeremy got…

Students were unable to make it last night so I worked on bokken strikes.

Aikido players: Kim and Jeremy Ukemi: Basic slaps and rolls tonight. The Walk: Twice. Releases: We spent a good portion of the evening on releases. Both folks needed some time Techniques: They did a little work on Shomen-ate at the end of class. Commentary: None tonight.

Aikido players: Jeremy and Laura Ukemi: Basic slaps and rolls tonight. We spent some extra time on Laura’s big falls. The Walk: Three times, with some extra time on some portions. Releases: Jeremy and Laura got through all of them. Techniques: They worked on Ushiro-ate and Shomen-ate Commentary: None tonight.

Aikido players: Willie and Laura Ukemi: Basic slaps and rolls tonight. I got a complete set in before the students arrived. We spent some extra time on Laura’s big falls. The Walk: Twice. Releases: Willie and Laura got through all of them. Techniques: They worked on Gyaku Gamae-ate and Kote Hineri. Commentary: None tonight.