Kihon Shibu 12/19/2007

I just realized this was the last class of 2007. Matt joined Johnny and myself for this session since he's got some free time before the next semester. As usual we started with some うけみ、although this time we did it just like I used to do back at the Tidewater dojo. I would do a series of rolls and everyone would repeat them. Then we did some more synchronized そくほかいてん and よこながれ。After that we broke out a padded bo and commenced taking turns doing ぜんぽう、こうほう and そくほ　かいてん under it while two of us held it about waist height. Then we lowered it knee height and did ぜんほかいてん over it. Then we raised it again to do てんとび over it into a ぜんぽかいてん。After that we took two padded hanbos, set them on the floor some distance apart from each other, then practiced ひちょかいてん over the gap. We also laid two padded long bo staffs on the ground to create a landing strip. We incrementally increased the gap until we were doing ひちょかいてん over six feet of space. Johnny didn't dive roll that far but did exceptional for his first time.

Next was the さんしんのかた。We did this the same way as in the previous class. After that was some かまえ practice; standing in いちもんじのかまえ、moving from しぜんのかまえ to いにちもんじのかまえ in different directions, moving forward while switching かまえ、moving backward while switching かまえ、and also doing a basic つき。

We then continued the same kind of exercises from last class. First was the がんせきなげ like movement. Then we did a むしゃどり exercise where from くみうち you step back into いちもんじのかまえ on the same side as the sleeve that is being held. Anchor the うけの elbow as you pivot to the うけの outside. The next exercise was a variation of this one. From かたむねどり step into いちもんじのかまえ straight to the side that is held. At the same time pull the うけの elbow to you to achieve the むしゃどり lock.　At this point reposition your foot behind うけの foot as you lower your かまえ and lift the うけの elbow. The last exercise was also from かたむねどり。Depending on how the うけ is holding either step forward or backward into かまえ while anchoring the wrist to your chest.

That pretty much wrapped it up. The focus wasn't on the locks but instead of just moving with かまえ。

がんばってください！