Monday Night at the Dojo 8/6

Aikidokas: Sensei John, Oliver, and Kim.

Kim's parents accompanied us to the dojo for the first time and sat and watched. Not sure they're going to be joining us on the mat anytime soon, though. :D

Ukemi: Decent. A little pinging of the shoulder on the roll-ups.

The walk: as usual.

Releases: With John. Needed to keep pushing this evening.

Techniques: With Oliver

Kote-gaeshi for him. Sumi-otoshi for me.

We were so bad that Sensei Raymond got out on the mat to instruct us.

For my Sumi's the following recommendations were made:

Maintain a constant speed. No superfast entries.
Body drop, center drop.
Release tension after the center drop to allow uke to attempt to rise
Bring the trailing foot up after the hip switch to improve gake percentage.

Aftermath: Knees are slightly sore for some reason, and have been for a couple of days.