A Night at the Dojo

Attendees: Sensei Randy, and Greg.

Ukemi (forward rolls): worked on the left side with the crash pad. Still need lots of work. Did a few on the rights side. Greg said the ones on the right looked really good.

The Walk: Went okay. Did horribly when Sensei positioned me so I couldn't see anyone.

Releases: 1 through 8 with Greg.

Since this was Greg's last night in town (he stuck around longer than expected), it was a more free-form night than usual. We worked on stuff that was more from the Ueshiba schools than normal.

I'm not certain what they are called, but the first one was a brush-off technique for someone grabbing your lapel: grab the wrist from above with the opposite hand, lower it, raise it up while stepping in to the attacking armpit, pull the attacking hand out with the hand that's got it grasped, use the other arm to go over the non-attacking shoulder and force that shoulder down while pivoting on the grasping foot. Then let the uke up by releasing the attacking hand and pivot in the opposite direction, causing the grasping arm to come across uke's chest and create a fall.

Tough description for that one.

The second one was a two wrist grap counter. Step off-line while pulling one arm out and away from center while raising the other out and above while pivoting further in the direction you've stepped off-line. A very quick technique. Fun.

Aftermath: Told to work more on the Walk at home. Got cheat sheets for the Walk and the 8 releases. Now I just need time to review them. Also got more pictures to put up on the website. Also considering attending the ATAA seminar on a weekend in late May at our dojo. At least, I think it's ATAA.

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