Keiko Diary
Our topics today:
- SHOMEN-UCHI NIKYO in OMOTE and URA
- KATATE-DORI KAITEN-OSAE (UDE-GARAMI)
- KATA-DORI KAITEN-OSAE (UDE-GARAMI)
- KATA-DORI-MEN-UCHI KAITEN-OSAE (UDE-GARAMI)
- KATATE-DORI JIU-WAZA
Our topics today:
Beginners' Course, part 3
- SHOMEN-UCHI: striking and swerving
- IKKYO, first pin: exercise to accept the technique (kneel and stretch under core tension)
- SHOMEN-UCHI IKKYO: countering and diverting the strike, entering and pinning
Aikido Advanced
- SHOMEN-UCHI SOTO-KAITEN-NAGE in OMOTE
- SHOMEN-UCHI UCHI-KAITEN-NAGE in OMOTE and URA
Our topics today:
Beginners' Course, part 2
- USHIRO-UKEMI, rolling backwards from a standing position
- TENCHI-NAGE ("Heaven-Earth throw") from a grabbed wrist (KATATE-DORI)
- Same technique from both grabbed wrists (RYOTE-DORI)
Aikido Advanced
- RYOTE-DORI UDEKIME-NAGE
- YOKOMEN-UCHI UDEKIME-NAGE
- SHOMEN-UCHI UDEKIME-NAGE
- KOKYU-HO
Our topics at Jörn's class today:
Beginners' Course, Part 1
- IRIMI-TENKAN: moving off the line
- MAE-UKEMI: rolling forward
- RYOKATA-DORI KOKYU-NAGE: throwing from a two-shoulder attack
- KOKYU-HO: throwing from a kneeling position
Aikido Advanced
- RYOTE-DORI KOTEGAESHI
- RYOTE-DORI IRIMI-NAGE
- SHOMEN-UCHI UCHI-KAITEN-NAGE in OMOTE and URA
- Highfall exercises
Our topics today at the Open Keiko with Jacqueline von Arb:
- UKEMI progression for IRIMI-NAGE, KOTEGAESHI and SHIHO-NAGE
- Contact exercise from "aikido for the blind" practice: leading without pulling
- Contact exercise MEN-UCHI: stay on the line ("go for UKE's nose")