Arlington Class - 6/10/2006

I actually made it to a Saturday class! Woohoo! Lauren and Roger recently arrived from Japan so I knew we would be doing something new. It was nice training with them again and it was nice training with Stu 'cause he's been MIA for a while. Things to keep in mind: move your head and spine together; move your feet first, then spine, then hands; your weight shifts from toe to heel on each foot, taking balance is shifting weight onto toes or heels of both feet.

The ukemi was different but the same. We did three different rolls, two forward and one backward.

1. 
   From shizen slide one foot back at a 45 degree angle. Shift your weight and turn around. This is similar to one of the regular nagare rolls we do from ichimonji. As you lower your body touch the ground with your lead hand. With your other hand touch the ground behind your first hand so your wrists are crossed. Touch your knee then roll.
   


2. 
   From shizen begin a regular back roll. Rotate your torso to the side with the extended leg and place both hands down on the ground. Swing your forward arm out in a big circle to propel the roll. The other hand should stay close to your head.
   


3. 
   From shizen with a hanbo step forward like a regular forward roll. Keep the bo parallel to your body. Take the forward hand and move it back towards your rear foot. The bo should be perpendicular to your body now. Roll forward.
   

A variety of techniques and principles were covered from the various Shihan.

1. 
   Uke: Shizen.
   Tori: Walk up and omote shuto one side of the neck or arm, step over and omote shuto the other side, then leap back.
   


2. 
   Uke: Shizen.
   Tori: Walk up and grab the clothing on both sides of the ribs. Apply boshiken with both hands to the ribs as you drive them down.
   


3. 
   Uke: Shizen.
   Tori: Walk up and strike with shuto/fudo ken and shikan ken at the same time to the neck/face while standing on uke's foot. Switch your feet and continue to stand on uke's foot and take him to the ground.
   


4. 
   Uke: Double lapel grab.
   Tori: Double lapel grab and head butt to eye. Drop to the ground and throw them over. I forget the name of this throw. Follow up with a choke.
   


5. 
   Uke: Shizen.
   Tori: Shizen. Slide one foot back and raise the same side hand at your hip. Lunge punch with the other hand to uke's face. The hand movement is a feint for the punch. Keep the spine straight and don't look at the uke.
   


6. 
   Uke: Applies previous movement
   Tori: Shizen. Slide one foot back and raise arms in gyokko ryu ichimonji. When the punch comes do sui no kata. The difference is when you move in for the omote shuto cross step into the uke. Rotate your spin away from the uke winding up for the omote shuto. Shuto should come from your forehead.
   

There was more that I'm having trouble remembering at the moment. I'll update this when I remember what we did.

Gabatte.

Foot work, spine work, hand work.