UR 02/26/2007

Attendance has dropped. One guy had to quit because he had a pretty bad wrist injury from a previous martial art. I'm not sure what's up with the other guys. Maybe it's because this is the last week before Spring Break. If this keeps up it'll be an all girls class.

We went over all of the sanshin no kata. After Wednesday's class (tonight) they should have plenty to practice over the break.

Gambatte!

UR 02/19/2007

Things are moving along nicely. We've shown zenpo, koho, and yoko nagare ukemi, zenpo and koho kaiten, chi no kata, yoko aruki, jodan uke nagashi, zenpo geri, ichimonji no kata, oni kudaki and various taisabaki drills. Good times.

Gambatte!

Shima Class 02/15/2007

When I arrived they just finished sanshin no kata. The topic was more Kukishinden Ryu Shoden waza. Before that we did two movement exercises. The first was from a punch. Step forward and to the outside of the attack raising your rear hand to meet the uke's elbow. Perform yoko aruki and fudoken or boshiken the ribs. The second was from a series of punches and kicks. Evade in ichimonji no kamae either to the inside or outside.

1. Sei On
   


2. Sei On with katana and jutte. We've done this one before.
   Uke: Daijodan shomen giri.
   Tori: Shizen no kamae with jutte. Step forward and to the inside striking the uke's thumb on the rear hand with the jutte. Capture the other hand and step across the uke while driving the jutte into his neck. Control the weapon as the uke goes down and strike him to the temple with the jutte. Disarm the katana. I was stepping across with my rear foot and capturing the hand with takeori.
   


3. Sui Yoku
   Uke: Right tsuki, left sokuyaku keri.
   Tori: Shizen no kamae. Uke nagashi to the inside of the tsuki, uke nagashi to the inside of the keri and "bounce" that attack off the leg and into the Dragon's Gate. You can use either boshiken, sanshitan ken or just grab the collar bone. At the same time your other hand should be grasping the uke's forearm and applying omote gyaku. Drop to your rear knee as you off balance the uke. Restrain the uke.
   


4. Don't remember the name.
   Uke: Migi tsuki, hidari sokuyaku keri, hidari tsuki, migi tsuki.
   Tori: Uke nagashi to the inside of each except for the last one. Uke nagashi to the outside. Control the arm with your front hand as you move in switching from migi ichimonji no kamae to hidari ichimonji no kamae. As you move in disrupt the uke's balance with your front knee and fudo ken the uke in the face as you reach across and grab the inside of the left lapel. Apply hon jime and take the uke's balance. Control the arm and step back with your front foot allowing the uke to fall down. Shutoken the uke in the face as they fall. Restrain uke.
   


5. Same as above but a little different.
   Uke: Migi tsuki, hidari sokuyaku keri, hidari tsuki, migi tsuki.
   Tori: Same as above except when you punch through and attempt hon jime the uke "shrugs" your arm off. When that happens step in front of the uke's leg with your front foot, apply an armbar with your shoulder, and drop to your front knee applying the throw whose name escapes me.
   

Gambatte!

UR 02/12/2007

Attendance has been really good. The teacher-student ratio has been 1:2 the past few classes. We're going to be switching rooms starting next week because of the scheduling conflict with the dance group. Other than that things have been great and everyone has been doing well. Good times.

Gambatte!

UR 02/07/2007

My first Wednesday class at UR and the turnout has been pretty consistent. Richard leads the Wednesday session and he did well for his second day. All of the administrative stuff is out of the way and the only thing left is working out a time slot that doesn't conflict with any other group and is still convenient for the students.

Gambatte!

UR 02/05/2007

I'm really enjoying this class, which is a little surprising because I thought it would be boring. But there is nothing like starting from the beginning to see what you really know.

Gambatte!

Shima Dojo 02/01/2007

Since no one other than myself, Mike, and Ed showed up for class we pretty much just hung around throwing shuriken and cutting foam noodles.

Gambatte!