Aikido Thursday Night - 05/05/11

Aikido players:  Tim, and Troy.

Techniques:

I ran through the 6 of the offensive jo techniques.

1. Migigawa-ryote-junte-tori

Uke grabs the jo on his left, tori's right as tori jabs.  Tori extends the jo over uke's right 4th toe, causing him to take a right-sided roll-out

2. Migigawa-ryote-junte-tori (ok, the technique has the same name as the previous one, according to Higoshi's book, what's up with that?)

This is a counter to a resistance to the first version.

Uke grabs the jo on his left, tori's right as tori jabs.  Tori attempts to extend the jo over uke's right 4th toe, but uke resists.  This allows tori to withdraw the jo and re-thrust it to uke's back, causing uke, to rotate around with crossed hands.  Tori then extends the jo over uke's left 4th toe, causing him to take left-sided roll-out

3. Migigawa-ryote-junte-tori

This one is a counter to a resistance to the second version

Uke grabs the jo on his left, tori's right as tori jabs.  Tori attempts to extend the jo over uke's right 4th toe, but uke resists.  This allows tori to withdraw the jo and re-thrust it to uke's back, causing uke, to rotate around with crossed hands.  Tori then extends the jo over uke's left 4th toe, but uke resists this off-balance and pushes back on the jo.

Tori then accomodates uke, and moves the jo back to the original side of uke.  In the process, tori is going to circle to his left, keeping downward pressure on the jo with his left hand and putting the tip of the jo on the outside of uke's right wrist.  Also, while doing that, the butt end of the jo, in tori's right hand, will make a counter-clockwise motion to create more of an off-balance.  At the end of this maneuver, tori's body ends up parallel to the jo and he then moves forward, toward uke, causing uke to take a back fall.

 

4. Hidarigawa-ryote-junte-tori

 

Uke grabs the jo on his right, tori's left as tori jabs. Uke suspects the first technique, only the from the opposite side, and, instead of countering as he would for technique #2, raises the jo above his head with both hands.  Tori responds by moving parallel to uke and raising his end of the jo about chest high, with the left hand ending up a little higher than the right hand.  From the posture, tori extends uke over uke's left 4th toe causing him to take a left-sided rollout.  While in the midst of extending that off-balance, tori does a little right hand wrist curl (as we do in mae-otoshi of Ju Nana Hon Kata) to inspire a more effective off-balance.

 

5. Migigawa-ryote-junte-tori

Uke grabs the jo on his left, tori's right. Uke suspects the first technique and, instead of countering as he would for technique #2, raises the jo above his head with both hands.  Tori responds by rotating, while uke is raising the jo, counter-clockwise 3/4 of a turn and raising the jo so that he can pass under it.  This results in a similar off-balance to #4 and a similar left-sided roll-out.

6. Hidarigawa-ryote-junte-tori

Uke grabs the jo on his right, tori's left as tori jabs. Uke suspects the first technique, only the from the opposite side, and, instead of countering as he would for technique #2, raises the jo above his head with both hands.  Tori responds by rotating clockwise under the jo, pushing out and up on the jo at the same time. The butt end of the jo will not move much, resulting in tori ending up in a cross-hand grip.  Tori then drops the jo behind uke's neck, while extending uke back, causing uke to take a back fall.  Tori rotates 1/4 turn counterclockwise to keep uke from hitting his head on the jo.

 

 

Aftermath:

None of note.