Saturday Morning at the Dojo 1/6

Aikidokas: Tim, Martin, Keith, Rob, Shiela, Kim, and Michelle.

Ukemi: Not bad.

The Walk: nothing unusual.

Techniques: Worked with Keith and Martin. We did a little work on Tenkai-kote-hineri and Sumi-otoshi. Went to completion on Tenkai, but just worked on the entry for Sumi. I had a heck of a time on Martin's left arm getting Tenkai back after he took the fall. It turns out his left side is much less flexible than his right. Lots of folks said that Tenkai on the arm-bar is just icing. Mainly they're looking for control on the arm bar.

Aftermath: Looking forward to a day off from aikido. Determined that the techniques for the Nikkyu test are Kote-hineri, Kote-gaeshi, Tenkai-kote-hineri and Shiho-nage. Don't have to worry about that for quite some time, though.