Kihon Shibu 01/08/2008

The weather has been nice lately so walking into the dojo didn't feel like walking into a refrigerator. Since it was just myself and Johnny at the dojo I didn't really have a limit on the material and since it had been a while since we met I didn't have anything prepared. So, everything we did was new for him.

First off was the うけみ。We took turns playing follow-the-leader with some ぜんぽうかいてん and こうほうかいてん。Then we spend a few minutes differentiating between たちながれ and こうほうかいてん。We finished off with some よこながれ。

Next up was a more applied approach to ぜんぽううけみ、こうほううけみ、and よこうけみ。This consisted of us catching more air by jumping into the うけみ。It was not comfortable and when we return to training outdoors it won't get any more comfortable.

After that was いちもんじのかまえ time. There isn't much to write about standing in かまえ and shifting from one side to the other. Then we worked on moving off the attack line from かまえ。We practiced that solo for a bit then we teamed up with the うけ doing a じょだんつき and the とり moving off at an angle to the inside. We didn't bother with a うけうち or うけながし、just moving and maintaining かまえ。We laid two bo staffs on the ground forming a 90 degree angle to use as a reference point.

Next up was balance breaking. We both assumed くみうち and took turns breaking each other's balance without stepping or striking. After we did that a few times we changed it slightly by not grabbing the gi jacket but just touching with open hands.

Next I tried to incorporate everything we had done up to this point into a simple exercise. Each exercise started with both of us facing each other in しぜんのかまえ with the うけ performing a じょだんつき and the とり performing an うけながし。From this model we did the following:

1. Shift forward hanging onto the wrist with your front hand and move into ひちょのかまえ to deliver a ぜんぽうげり to the ribs. Assume いちもんじのかまえ covering the うけの front foot and pull him off balance with the hand you've been holding while extending your leg into いへんのかまえ. Effect the balance the moment you hold the wrist. Pull down some when delivering the　ぜんぽうげり and pull outward when assuming かまえ。This was the only one that used ひちょのかまえ and ぜんぽうげり。Everything else you just switched かまえ。
   


2. Do the same thing except just take the balance by the using the hand. Alternate which hand takes the balance.
   


3. Do the same thing except use your free hand to touch the うけの shoulder and affect the balance.
   


4. Do the same thing except apply おもてぎゃく to the forearm as you move into かまえ。
   


5. Do the same thing except use your free hand to move the うけの elbow into おにくだき as you move into かまえ。
   


6. Do the same thing except as you switch かまえ　after the initial contact get low and place the うけの wrist against your belly and apply むそどり. Assume かまえ then rotate away from the うけ causing him to fall backwards. Maintain the lock throughout.
   


7. Same as above except apply a ぜんぽうげり to うけの ribs as he falls.
   


8. Same as the second one above except apply a ふどけん to the ribs as he falls.
   


9. Same as above except add an おもてしゅと to the head as he falls.
   

I think that was it. Good times.

がんばってください！