Monday Night at the Dojo 3/12

Aikidokas: Randy, John, Stanley, Robert and Kim.

Ukemi: Not bad. A little garuma on the big falls.

The Walk: nothing unusual, except I forgot some numbers while doing the counting for the group.

Releases: Worked with Robert. He's just a little taller than my wife, so numbers 5 and 7 were kneel-down releases.

Techniques: with Robert.

Kote-hineri: Sensei Raymond was on the sidelines tonight and provided some modifications to the arm bar for this one. The off-hand is used to keep the elbow from bending, not as additional pressure on the arm. The on-hand executes the arm bar.

Kote-gaeshi: It went well. Took me a couple of tries to complete the throw on each side, but get them I did.

Tenkai-kote-hineri: Push. Push. Even if uke is dramatically smaller.

Shiho-nage: Again, Sensei Raymond offered suggestions. Try this with only one hand work at any given time. Switch hands when required, but try it with one hand. It's a much light technique that way. And it is!

At this point, practice stopped so Kim could demonstrate for her Yonkyu. I think she did a fabulous job. There were some issues during the demonstration but, to my eye, most were caused by uke.

Aftermath: None. Our securing of the sheetrock is holding, but water does seem to be coming from above.