Monday, 13 May 2019

Our topics today:

Beginners' Course, Part 4

• UKEMI exercises: rolling backwards and forwards, coming down softly
• SHOMEN-UCHI: straight strike from above, passing exercises
• SHOMEN-UCHI IKKYO, arm pin in OMOTE and URA

Aikido Advanced

• Special entries from SHOMEN-UCHI
• SHOMEN-UCHI KOKYU-NAGE (similar SOTO-KAITEN-NAGE)
• SHOMEN-UCHI KOKYU-NAGE with contact in the crook of the elbow
• SHOMEN-UCHI KOKYU-NAGE, diving and entering into the center

Sunday, 12 May 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
• Partner exercise: dive under SHOMEN-UCHI and counter with YOKOMEN-UCHI (diagonal cut to temple)
• Partner exercise: countering the above YOKOMEN-UCHI

Aikido Advanced

• Distance, timing, IRIMI basics
• SHOMEN-UCHI IRIMI-NAGE
• SHOMEN-UCHI KOKYU-NAGE, leading through contact in the crook of the arm

Thursday, 9 May 2019

Our topics today:

• MOROTE-DORI, relax shoulders and stay centered
• MOROTE-DORI IKKYO-NAGE via KAITEN-TENKAN ("turn away and back to partner")
• AI-HANMI KATATE-DORI IKKYO in OMOTE, extend UKE's arm and enter
• AI-HANMI KATATE-DORI IKKYO in URA, "push away" from UKE and extend arm
• AI-HANMI KATATE-DORI IRIMI-NAGE, OMOTE and URA and on the line
• AI-HANMI KATATE-DORI KOTEGAESHI in OMOTE and URA

Monday, 6 May 2019

UOur topics today:

Beginners' Course, part 2

• Rolling backwards, partner exercises
• "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
• RYOTE-DORI KOKYU-NAGE: extend two-handed attack by kneeling down and "taking off invisible coat"

Aikido Advanced

• RYOTE-DORI KOKYU-NAGE, variation with IRIMI-KAITEN entry (simultaneously move arms like UCHI-KAITEN "to the wrong side", free lower hand) and throw via TENKAN-IRIMI (sword cut movement), execution needs permanent body contact
• RYOTE-DORI SHIHO-NAGE, focus on extension and spiral movement (always forwards)
• Differences of execution in OMOTE, URA and on the line

Sunday, 5 May 2019

Our topics today:

Beginners' Course, Part 1

• Two passing movements, turning on one foot & turning the hip (IRIMI-TENKAN, IRIMI-KAITEN)
• Rolling forward from a kneeling and standing position (MAE-UKEMI)
• Technique: attacker grabs both shoulders > pass & throw (RYOKATA-DORI KOKYU-NAGE)
• Two variants: forwarding and bouncing throw, with different footwork
• Throwing from a kneeling position, with both wrists grabbed (KOKYU-HO)

Aikido Advanced

• RYOKATA-DORI IKKYO in OMOTE and URA
• RYOKATA-DORI SOTO-KAITEN-NAGE

Thursday, 2 May 2019

Our topics at today's keiko:

• YOKOMEN-UCHI IKKYO from IRIMI and IRIMI-TENKAN entrances
• YOKOMEN-UCHI IRIMI-NAGE in OMOTE
• YOKOMEN-UCHI KOTEGAESHI in OMOTE
• Focus: use of center
• KAESHI-WAZA opportunities, if center is not used well

Monday, 29 April 2019

Our topics today:

• AI-HANMI KATATE-DORI UDEKIME-NAGE in OMOTE and URA
• AI-HANMI KATATE-DORI SHIHO-NAGE in OMOTE and URA
• KOKYU-HO

Sunday, 28 April 2019

Our topics today:

AIKIKEN

• KESA-GIRI
• KESA-GIRI partner exercise
• SHOMEN-UCHI IRIMI entry
• SHOMEN-UCHI cut into crook of the ellbow

AIKIDO

• SHOMEN-UCHI cut in the crook of the ellbow
• SHOMEN-UCHI KOKYU-NAGE/SUMI-OTOSHI
• SHOMEN-UCHI KOTEGAESHI

Thursday, 25 April 2019

Our topic today: HENKA-WAZA

• HENKA-WAZA variantions from AI-HANMI KATATE-DORI and MEN-UCHI IKKYO: develop a sense for UKE's balance and movement pattern
• IKKYO to KOKYU-NAGE, SHIHO-NAGE, UDEKIME-NAGE, IRIMI-NAGE or USHIRO-KIRI-OTOSHI, depending on UKE's reaction
• KATATE-DORI UCHI-KAITEN-NAGE to KOKYU-NAGE

Sunday, 21 April 2019

Our topics today:

AIKIKEN

• SHOMEN-UCHI
• KESA-GIRI
• KUMITACHI: KESA-GIRI vs. SHOMEN-UCHI
• SHOMEN-UCHI, direct entry on the line (from MU-GAMAE)
• SHOMEN-UCHI, cutting up and down into the ellbow

AIKIDO

• SHOMEN-UCHI KOKYU-NAGE, four variants
• MOROTE-DORI IRIMI-KAITEN (OMOTE)
• MOROTE-DORI, extension from the centre

Thursday, 18 April 2019

Our topics today:

• UKEMI
• RYOKATA-DORI KOKYU-NAGE in OMOTE and URA
• KATA-DORI IKKYO in OMOTE and URA
• SUWARI-WAZA KOKYU-HO

Monday, 15 April 2019

Our topics today:

• MOROTE-DORI, sending UKE forward from OMOTE entry
• MOROTE-DORI JIU-WAZA
• KATA-DORI IKKYO
• RYOTE-DORI TENCHI-NAGE in OMOTE and URA, inspired by Jan Nevelius
• KATATE-DORI SHIHO-NAGE in OMOTE and URA, inspired by Jan Nevelius
• JODAN-TSUKI IKKYO-NAGE
• JODAN-TSUKI IKKYO