The musings of a weary mind. Conversations on aikido, gardening, cooking, travel and, maybe, woodworking.
Aikido players: Troy, Kim, Dan, and Mario
Ukemi:
Not on Thursdays
The Walk:
Not on Thursdays
Releases:
Not on Thursdays
Techniques:
Mario and Kim worked on Hiki taoshi.
Dan and Troy worked on Hiki taoshi and Ude gaeshi
We all got involved in a Blum line with Gedan-ate at the end.
A good class.
Aftermath:
None of note.
Friday:
Lunch at Perbacco's, runied a shirt with tomato sauce
Aikido
Saturday:
Olympics
Aikido
Work on coding ASH to use PDO
Dinner at Joe's
Sunday:
Olympics
Nap
White and wheat loaves of bread
Aikido players: Tim, Mario, Zach, and Al
Ukemi:
None for me. Helped get Al on the road
The Walk:
Twice. And bunch of work with Al on it. Probably did about 20 partial sets.
Releases:
Oversaw Marion and Zach work on theirs.
Techniques:
Worked with Al on punch-the-dummy and the footwork for Shomen-ate
Aftermath:
None of note.
Aikido players: Tim, Zach, and Alfonso (a new student)
Ukemi:
Got in a full set before class. Helped get Al on the road
The Walk:
Twice
Releases:
I worked with Zach on his set
Techniques:
Worked with Zach on Shomen-ate
Aftermath:
None of note.
Aikido players: Kim and Mario
Ukemi:
Nope, not tonight
The Walk:
Not on Thursdays
Releases:
Not on Thursdays
Techniques:
We
worked
on Hiki-toashi. Mario was tori all night long. Half the evening was spent on right side and half on left. Working with Kim apparently gave Mario some insights into the technique and to being a little bit lighter overall.
Only time will tell if the insights generate physical results.
Aftermath:
None of note.
Played "Pancake" last night, to no good effect. We changed up our switching methodology, and it did not work well at first. It probably improved some by the end. We played relatively poorly, overall.
Friday:
Lunch at Tony's BBQ and Steakhouse
Aikido
Saturday:
Blueberry muffins
Aikido
Fix-it tasks at mom's
Grocery shopping
Worked on re-coding ASH
Dinner with K. at Joe's
Olympics
Sunday:
Worked on re-coding ASH
Nap
Re-organizing ApolloCon storage
Olympics
Grilled out chicken
Aikido players: Tim, Trey, Marvin, Gale, and Mario
Ukemi:
Got in most, if not all of a set
The Walk:
Twice
Releases:
I worked with Marvin on his set.
Techniques:
We had a bit of a Blum-line with Mario, Trey, Marvin and me. Worked on Hiki Taoshi
Trey and I worked on the standing portion of Koryu Dai San. We got through all of them.
Aftermath:
None of note.
Aikido players: Tim, Kim, Marvin, Gale, Mario, and John
Ukemi:
None today for me, watched over the others
The Walk:
Twice
Releases:
I worked with John on his set
Techniques:
Worked with John on Gyaku gamae-ate and Gedan-ate
Aftermath:
None of note.
Aikido players: Dan and Mario
Ukemi:
Nope, not tonight
The Walk:
Not on Thursdays
Releases:
Not on Thursdays
Techniques:
We
worked
on Hiki-toashi. Dan did some work on left side, and then we worked
with Mario on the left side for the rest of the evening. He had some
trouble getting the footwork to happen. We're still working on getting everything to flow together easily.
Aftermath:
None of note.
Lost handily to "In Your Face" last night. We did not play well most of the evening. We made a bit of an improvement in the third game, but not enough to have a substantial effect.
Friday:
Lunch at Perbacco's in the Pennzoil Tower
Aikido
Olympics
Refreshed sourdough starter
Saturday:
Picked up mower at Gill's
Drove by potential property in Alvin
Worked on sourdough
Worked on dough for baguettes
Aikido
Sourdough
Dinner at King's Biergarten
Olympics
Sunday:
Sourdough
Baguettes
Olympics
Aikido players: Tim, Trey, Troy, Marvin, Mario and John
Ukemi:
I managed to get a double set in before class. The mat did not need sweeping, so I had some extra time.
The Walk:
Twice.
Releases:
I worked with John on his.
Techniques:
Worked with John on Aigamae-ate
Troy, Trey and I worked on kneeling #1 of Koryu Dai San. We then went on to #1 and #3 standing of Koryu Dai San. We spent between 45 minutes and an hour working on those three, tweaking and fine-tuning.
Aftermath:
None of note.
Aikido players: Tim, Troy, Dan, Marvin, and John
Ukemi:
None today for me, watched over the others
The Walk:
Twice
Releases:
I watched over Dan and Mario.
Techniques:
Worked with Gale on Hiki-taoshi
Helped Troy and Marvin work on Hiki-taoshi
Aftermath:
None of note.
Aikido players: Dan and Mario
Ukemi:
Nope, not tonight
The Walk:
Not on Thursdays
Releases:
Not on Thursdays
Techniques:
We
worked on Hiki-toashi. Dan did some work on left side, and then we worked with Mario on the left side for the rest of the evening. He had some trouble getting the footwork to happen.
Aftermath:
None of note.
Aikido players: Tim, Troy, Marvin, Gale, Mario and John
Ukemi:
I got a few rolls in. Gale got 3 rolls in on just a double stack of mat, as opposed to the crash pad.
The Walk:
Twice
Releases:
Worked with John on some basics of the Kogure double-hand grabs
Techniques:
Worked with Marvin on Hiki-taoshi. Worked on improving his arm bar and reducing the tension he has when taking uke off-balance.
Worked
with Troy on 5, 6, and 7 of the kneeling section of Koryu Dai San.
Remember to extend ukeout for Tentai Kote Hineri.
Remember to push up through the pinky knuckle for a better lock on Shiho Nage
Remember to display a disdain for uke as you settle back down from Gedan ate
Aftermath:
None of note.
Aikido players: Tim, Troy, Marvin, Gale, Mario and John
Ukemi:
None today for me, watched over the others
The Walk:
Twice
Releases:
I worked with Gale on hers. Spent a lot of time on 1-4 and worked a little quicker through 5-8.
Techniques:
Worked with Gale on Hiki-taoshi
Worked with Troy on 1, 2, and 4 of the kneeling section of Koryu Dai San. 2 (Gyaku gamae ate) is the most fun. We made a slight change on this one (on one of the variants) so that tori brings his hand continuously up the middle to flash uke's eyes. It's more effective than if tori does not start that low.
Aftermath:
None of note.
Played against a team that only had 5 players. We did not do too well. They man-handled us the first two games, and we were not playing to our usual level. The third game, we managed to squeak out a win about 15-12.
Ugh.
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