Worked on break falls again at the lesson. I feel more confident with the break falls now, but have to remember to make that slap out very important and once I slap retracting my arm back to my center.
Worked on projection throws and taking the big step forward to project themselves. This is effective in taking a roll when Uke performs a Kokyoho or other breath throw to Uke that has a lot of power and push behind it. If Uke tries to do a shallow roll they will hit the ground long before they can set up for a roll. Taking the big step and projecting the arms out into the Ukemi helps to deal with the speed at which you can be thrown. We practiced this being throw from a Kumiyotosh. Again the roll shouldn't be such a wide stretching of the arms out like I have learned initially when I started Aikido. The arms should be coming from the center, like the motion of the rowing exercise and then forming that "unbendable curve" for the roll. This also helps to get set up for a roll much easier than trying to form that huge circle.
Did carryover and parrying technique:
Cutting down a yoko strike I need to remember to keep my fingers out and extended feeding my energy outwards and not pointed in towards myself. Keeping the fingers extended is key and took me awhile to figure out and remember. When done correctly their arm with swing around and set themselves up for many possibilities. In this case I was able to cut down the strike and either apply a Kotagaeish, Sankyo or Shihonage.
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