Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Kihon Shibu 12/17/2007

Last night was just me and Johnny. We started off by practicing three consecutive ぜんぽうかいてん in various directions. Then we mixed ぜんぽう and こうほう かいてん together. After that we practiced そくほうかいてん synchronized with each other then while each of us held onto one end of a bo. We then did the same thing with よこながれ。We finished up this set of うけみ with そくほうかいてん and じゅんながれ from いちもんじのかまえ。After a short breather we practiced some むとどり with a padded bokken. First we did a てんちとび exercise then a たいさばき exercise. The bokken was then replaced with a padded long bo. That concluded the うけみ for the evening.

Next we went through each of the さんしんのかた to help drill the movements and names into memory. いちもんじのかまえ exercises followed. First up was just standing in かまえ。Next we practiced moving into いちもんじのかまえ while in various grabs. First up was from くみうち moving back at an angle and taking the uke's balance using a light touch on the shoulders.

The second one was from くみうち again. Move straight back into かまえ、then さゆぎゃく back at an angle, then finally さゆぎゃく forward. This exercise inadvertently became がんせきなげ but we did not focus on that. The focus was moving through and maintaining かまえ.

The third one was from かたむねどり。Move straight back into かまえ on the same side that is held. Pivot around your front foot to the outside of the uke's front foot. Step so that your front foot is in line with the uke's foot/knee. Drop down into げだんいちもんじのかまえ using your front arm to help pull the uke off balance.

The final one was the same as the previous one except you step back with the opposite foot.

がんばってください!

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