Thursday, 19 September 2019

Our topics today:

AIKIDO Basics

• Rolling from AI-HANMI KATATE-DORI IKKYO-NAGE and IRIMI-NAGE
• UKEMI progression for IRIMI-NAGE
• SHOMEN-UCHI IRIMI-NAGE
• SUWARI-WAZA KOKYU-HO

AIKIDO Advanced

• SUWARI-WAZA SHOMEN-UCHI IRIMI-NAGE
• SUWARI-WAZA KATATE-DORI IRIMI-NAGE
• SUWARI-WAZA YOKOMEN-UCHI IRIMI-NAGE
• HANMI-HANDACHI-WAZA SHOMEN-UCHI IRIMI-NAGE
• USHIRO-RYOTE-DORI IRIMI-NAGE
• MOROTE-DORI IRIMI-NAGE

Monday, 16 September 2019

Our topics today:

Techniques

• KIRITSU-SEIZA
• SHIKKO
• SUWARI-WAZA AI-HANMI KATATE-DORI IKKYO in OMOTE & URA
• KATATE-DORI, basics of the attack and of the corresponding UKEMI
• KATATE-DORI TAI-NO-TENKAN
• KATATE-DORI, reacting to UKE's behaviour: KOKYU-NAGE, KOKYU-NAGE-NANAME (SOKUMEN-IRIMI-NAGE) or SEIZA-NAGE *
• KATATE-DORI KOKYU-NAGE in OMOTE & URA

Focus

• *Choosing the technique depending on UKE's behaviour: extend, send back, drop

Sunday, 15 September 2019

Our topics today:

Techniques

• AI-HANMI KATATE-DORI IRIMI-NAGE in OMOTE & URA
• AI-HANMI KATATE-DORI SHIHO-NAGE in OMOTE & URA
• AI-HANMI KATATE-DORI SHIHO-NAGE, HENKA-WAZA to SOKUMEN-IRIMI-NAGE (because UKE blocks)
• AI-HANMI KATATE-DORI UDEKIME-NAGE in URA

Focus topics

• KIHON-WAZA: meaning of the basic elements of the techniques
• UKE attacks honestly, but cooperates
• Neither UKE nor TORI anticipate the technique

Thursday, 12 September 2019

Our topics today:

Techniques

• AI-HANMI KATATE-DORI IKKYO-NAGE
• AI-HANMI KATATE-DORI SANKYO in OMOTE
• AI-HANMI KATATE-DORI IKKYO in URA
• MUSUBI exercise with contact at the lower arm, extending UKE's arm by lowering the shoulders
• AI-HANMI KATATE-DORI KOTEGAESHI in OMOTE & URA

Focus topics

• distinction between OMOTE (high pressure, entry) and URA (low pressure, creating space)
• connecting to UKE's centre and touching UKE's balance while keeping UKE in front of own centre
• movement does not start at the contact point, but further away (e.g. hand contact => shoulder or hip starts movement)

Monday, 9 September 2019

Our topics today:

• UKEMI variations (topic: "melting with the mats")
• AI-HANMI KATATE-DORI IRIMI-NAGE in URA

Sunday, 8 September 2019

Our topics today:

AIKIJO

• JO KATA

AIKIDO

• YOKOMEN-UCHI IKKYO in OMOTE & URA

Thursday, 5 September 2019

Our topics today:

• AI-HANMI KATATE-DORI IKKYO in OMOTE & URA
• MOROTE-DORI IKKYO in OMOTE & URA

Thursday, 29 August 2019

Our topics today:

• RYOTE-DORI TENCHI-NAGE in OMOTE & URA
• KATATE-DORI IKKYO in OMOTE & URA

Monday, 26 August 2019

Our topics today:

Beginners' Course, Part 4

• IRIMI-TENKAN, entering and turning
• YOKOMEN-UCHI, strike to the temple, basics of the attack
• Meeting YOKOMEN-UCHI with IRIMI-TENKAN entry
• YOKOMEN-UCHI IRIMI-NAGE (OMOTE), via IRIMI-TENKAN entry

Aikido Advanced

• YOKOMEN-UCHI SHIHO-NAGE, focus on extension and UKE's balance
• AI-HANMI KATATE-DORI SHIHO-NAGE
• AI-HANMI KATATE-DORI UDEKIME-NAGE

Sunday, 25 August 2019

Our topics today:

Beginners' Course, Part 3

• AIKIKEN: working with the wooden sword (BOKKEN)
• SHOMEN-UCHI: straight cut from above
• Partner exercise: stopping SHOMEN-UCHI with cut to the wrist
• Partner exercise: dive under SHOMEN-UCHI and counter with cut to the crooks of the ellbows
• Partner exercise: dive under SHOMEN-UCHI and counter with cut to the neck

Aikido Advanced

• SHOMEN-UCHI IRIMI-NAGE
• SHOMEN-UCHI KOKYU-NAGE, diving under the arm and entering into the center

Thursday, 22 August 2019

Our topics today:

• USHIRO-ERI-DORI IKKYO
• USHIRO-ERI-DORI KOTEGAESHI
• USHIRO-ERI-DORI SHIHO-NAGE
• KATA-DORI-MEN-UCHI KOKYU-NAGE
• KATA-DORI-MEN-UCHI IKKYO
• KATA-DORI-MEN-UCHI NIKYO
• JODAN-TSUKI HIJI-KIME-OSAE (ROKKYO)

Monday, 19 August 2019

Our topics today:

Beginners' Course, part 2

• Rolling backwards (USHIRO UKEMI), partner exercises
• Aikido grip and connection basics
• "Heaven-and-Earth throw" (TENCHI-NAGE): attacker grabs both wrists (RYOTE-DORI) > step out and stretch lower hand towards knee & enter and stretch upper hand towards sky > attacker takes backwards roll

Aikido Advanced

• KATATE-DORI IKKYO-NAGE & KOKYU-NAGE
• KATATE-DORI UCHI-KAITEN-KOKYU-NAGE
• SUWARI-WAZA KOKYU-HO