Sunday, October 28, 2007

Shima Dojo 10/25/2007

The first half of the class followed the same format as the previous one. We started with stretching then sanshin and mixed ukemi among two uke nagashi drills. After that we revisited Chikusei from the Kukishinden Ryu Sabaki Gata followed by some variations. I don't quite remember all the details but here's the gist.

The first variation had the tori apply musha dori against the uke's final tsuki. With musha dori applied grab onto the uke's free wrist with the hand that has musha dori so that one arm controls both of uke's arms. Rotate away from the uke so he falls forward.

The second variation had the uke doing a katamune dori before applying the zenpo geri and final jodan tsuki. I believe the tori did the normal uke nagashi to each attack but after the last uke nagashi you held onto the wrist and with your free hand struck the inside of the uke's knee on the leg opposite the wrist you just grabbed. The idea was to open the uke's hips up and in turn rotate the shoulders. The arm that you are holding you want to rotate/twist so the uke is turning towards you and making it easy for you to extend their arm like an armbar and drop them on their back. Kicks at this point are welcome.

The last variation that I remember was performing a type of keri kaeshi {need to lookup}. When the uke performs the zenpo geri shift to the outside so it moves past you then extend your leg to catch the uke's balance.

Gambatte kudasai!

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