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Aikido - Day 1 of 24
Jun. 3rd, 2008 11:55 pmSo I'm going to try something different. Long-time readers know that I have an on-again, off-again thing with Aikido - its great, but I keep falling out of the habit of getting to classes. So, time for a different approach. I'm going to attend 3 months of classes - 2 a week for a total of 24. I'll blog about what happened after each class, and then at the end I'll do a three month writeup and decide where to go from there.
Anyways. Made it to Aikido at 7. The last class ran late, so we didn't start until about quarter after, which was fine. Still can't manage to do the sitting back rolls and hold it long enough. Fell into the pattern of the ki exercises pretty well. Then made it through the ukemi practice - front rolls up and down the mat, back rolls up and down the mat, and then running front rolls up and down the mat. Afterwards only thought that one lung was going to stop working, which is a plus.
The throws practiced today were pretty much entirely wrist grabs followed by a variation on the Tenkan ki exercise. First was a same side grab practiced at three different speeds - a static hold where the ukemi starts with the grip, a semi-static hold where the ukemi gets a grip as the move starts, and a dynamic hold where the ukemi never really gets a grip but is led through the move. We then did a couple variations on the dynamic hold which involved different steps and turns. This is always where it gets tough for me, as I get mixed up on directions a lot. I managed to do the throws, though. We finished off with a static two hand grab where you got the ukemi off balance by dropping your hips, took a step through and dropped one hand down and brought the other up, and used that to pin-wheel him into a throw.
Class basically ran a little later than I had expected - we ended it around 8:30. I can already feel myself getting stiffer, so hopefully a long, warm shower in the morning will help that.
That's about it, for now.
Anyways. Made it to Aikido at 7. The last class ran late, so we didn't start until about quarter after, which was fine. Still can't manage to do the sitting back rolls and hold it long enough. Fell into the pattern of the ki exercises pretty well. Then made it through the ukemi practice - front rolls up and down the mat, back rolls up and down the mat, and then running front rolls up and down the mat. Afterwards only thought that one lung was going to stop working, which is a plus.
The throws practiced today were pretty much entirely wrist grabs followed by a variation on the Tenkan ki exercise. First was a same side grab practiced at three different speeds - a static hold where the ukemi starts with the grip, a semi-static hold where the ukemi gets a grip as the move starts, and a dynamic hold where the ukemi never really gets a grip but is led through the move. We then did a couple variations on the dynamic hold which involved different steps and turns. This is always where it gets tough for me, as I get mixed up on directions a lot. I managed to do the throws, though. We finished off with a static two hand grab where you got the ukemi off balance by dropping your hips, took a step through and dropped one hand down and brought the other up, and used that to pin-wheel him into a throw.
Class basically ran a little later than I had expected - we ended it around 8:30. I can already feel myself getting stiffer, so hopefully a long, warm shower in the morning will help that.
That's about it, for now.
