Reviewed the Happo No Undo (8-directions), ukemi kata through the entire exercise, the Tenkan and Irimi forms, and the wrist stretches.
For the yellow belt test for one student Sensei Josh went over the three techniques: Shomenuchi Shomanate, Shomenuchi Sankyo and Menutsuki Kotagaeshi.
Went over Katatadori Tenchinage (Heaven and Earth) from a static and dynamic attack. From static you rotate your arms that Uke has grabbed at the wrists in a circle like pedaling a bike to create movement. Then one hand goes up and around the back of Uke's head whilst the other draws the down and your upper hand goes around them and you Irimi through them to bring them down. This is a great fast counter to direct Uke's energy down and into the ground.
Went over Shomenuchi Kaitenage. This one gave me a bit of trouble tonight. Have to remember the arm that makes initial contact with the Shomenuchi strike is merely there to make contact whilst the outer arm hooks over the top of their arm at the elbow and draws them down pushing a bit in towards their center and drawing their arm around and up whilst the closer arm presses down on their neck allowing you to then project them by rotating their arm across their back and spine. It's important to keep their captured arm low and near their waist. If you bring their arm too high they will regain control. You can then step around them with a Tenkan for the Ura(to the back side or around) version or step straight across them to project for the Omote (to the front side) version.
Overall, was a great class and Josh Sensei really helped us to review for the belt exam, as well as Shihan at the end of class too.
Monday, February 25, 2013
Monday, February 18, 2013
Orange Belt Review
Shomenuchi Sankyo, Ski kotagaeshi, Katatadori Shihonage, Shomenuchi Kaitenage, Shomenuchi Shomenate, Katatadori Tenchinage and Shomenuchi Tsumiyotoshi, Randori with weapons.
The yellow belt test consists of first three techniques and orange will have the last three for me. Actually the Tsumiyotoshi isn't actually part of the test but we practiced it so that's fine too.
Went over the Tenkan and Irimi forms, as well as Happa No Undo (8-Directions).
Did Ukemi form to completion, front falls from kneeling, standing then break fall roll on back with rotating hips... elaborate
Worked Shomenuchi Sankyo, need to work on being softer when entering in and drawing in the attack down and around and I rotate under their arm and remember the atemi to the ribs
Ski Kotagaeshi, remembered to enter in and let the atemi come past me and tried not to catch it, which I still did a few times. Overall I tried to remember to draw the attack along and as they turn around do another Tenkan as I rotate the wrist keeping it in the same place and using it for hte pivot point.
Katatadori Shihonage, remember to mimic a wave in the ocean, rising and falling. For Shihonage around the front, you Irimi in front of them and should extend them out a bit allowing you to capture their hand after rotating yours out of their grip and holding the wrist lie ka sword twist them rotating and moving their wrist, rather than accomodating them and moving yourself. THiswill add th necessary towrque to the lock. Shihonage aroudn the back from a grab again you bend your wrist so your palm is facing you and you wrap aroudn the top of their arm and establish the sword hilt grab of their wrist and then tenkan around their backside, keeping their arm low and connected to your body (NO SPACE BETWEEN YOU) and making sure on entering to step next to their foot.
Shomenuchi Shomenate, making sure to step into the attack and defelct it whilst keeping the "unbendable arm" as you push past their throat up to the face and turn to your center to bring them down. Very fast and effective when close to Uke.
Shomenuchi Kaitenage, from the Shomenuchi you one hand blends the strike down, and the other hand quickly cuts their arm down and around their back making sure to keep it at your waist, whilst resting your other hand on the back of their head or neck allowing you to keep them down. Then by rotating their spine by putting their arm over their back you put them int othe toss by stepping throug hthem wit hthe foot closest to them.
Katatadori Tenchinage,
The yellow belt test consists of first three techniques and orange will have the last three for me. Actually the Tsumiyotoshi isn't actually part of the test but we practiced it so that's fine too.
Went over the Tenkan and Irimi forms, as well as Happa No Undo (8-Directions).
Did Ukemi form to completion, front falls from kneeling, standing then break fall roll on back with rotating hips... elaborate
Worked Shomenuchi Sankyo, need to work on being softer when entering in and drawing in the attack down and around and I rotate under their arm and remember the atemi to the ribs
Ski Kotagaeshi, remembered to enter in and let the atemi come past me and tried not to catch it, which I still did a few times. Overall I tried to remember to draw the attack along and as they turn around do another Tenkan as I rotate the wrist keeping it in the same place and using it for hte pivot point.
Katatadori Shihonage, remember to mimic a wave in the ocean, rising and falling. For Shihonage around the front, you Irimi in front of them and should extend them out a bit allowing you to capture their hand after rotating yours out of their grip and holding the wrist lie ka sword twist them rotating and moving their wrist, rather than accomodating them and moving yourself. THiswill add th necessary towrque to the lock. Shihonage aroudn the back from a grab again you bend your wrist so your palm is facing you and you wrap aroudn the top of their arm and establish the sword hilt grab of their wrist and then tenkan around their backside, keeping their arm low and connected to your body (NO SPACE BETWEEN YOU) and making sure on entering to step next to their foot.
Shomenuchi Shomenate, making sure to step into the attack and defelct it whilst keeping the "unbendable arm" as you push past their throat up to the face and turn to your center to bring them down. Very fast and effective when close to Uke.
Shomenuchi Kaitenage, from the Shomenuchi you one hand blends the strike down, and the other hand quickly cuts their arm down and around their back making sure to keep it at your waist, whilst resting your other hand on the back of their head or neck allowing you to keep them down. Then by rotating their spine by putting their arm over their back you put them int othe toss by stepping throug hthem wit hthe foot closest to them.
Katatadori Tenchinage,
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Ski Nikyo Kotagaeshi, Ski Sankyo, and Sumi-Otoshi
Worked on Ski to Nikyo, then a Kotagaeshi. From the Ski you Tenkan around it and allow their hands energy to carry forward as you blend on top of their strike then swing it around to your other hand and the initial hand that as on their arm goes to their elbow and helps to apply the Nikyo. Then you pull them back up after a backhand to the face, to make sure they don't regain balance this is done by snapping the inner hand at their face, and put them into a Kotagaeshi and dump them to the floor. This is done in case another attacker comes from behind, rather than finishing with Nikyo and keeping them grounded, you spin them around into Kotagaeshi and use them to get between you and the other potential attacker. This was a bit confusing at first for me with the switching of the hand. Once you draw them around you continue their arm around and feed it to your other hand which secures their hand to your chest/shoulder area and allows to lock in the Nikyo. The other arm stays on the inside of their arm at the elbow to keep it bent and allow for Nikyo to do its thing. Then this inner hand can be used to initiate the snap strike to the face and switch to Kotagaeshi in a short time and apply the new lock and drop them to the ground.
Next was Ski to Sankyo, then into a "bow and arrow" lock when you slide down to their two fingers from Sankyo and as they are turning, get them into a finger lock while maintaining the pressure and pain on the lock so they can't counter and then dumping them to the ground with a strike to the face while holding fingers. After the strike comes and you've blended it to the side, you continue under their arm and deliver an elbow strike to their ribs as you lock in the Sankyo. Make sure to keep their arm bent up and not allow their elbow to be much lower than their shoulder blade other wise they can counter it or reverse with an elbow strike to the face. Once you have the Sankyo as they are on their toes you drop your grip down to their index and middle finger to establish a new lock and bend their fingers back over their hand whilst rotating their arm down so that their elbow is now down by their waist and locked up under their hand. You can then use this lock to drop them by striking with that hand into their face. Both the pressure from the lock and the strike will take them down.
Last technique was Sumi-Otoshi (Corner Throw) where the Ski strike comes in and as you Tenkan you place your arm on their striking arm as they flow past and push them into the hole behind them that they have created. As they strike their motion will take them in a big circle around you when you correctly execute the Tenkan and blend with their strike. Instead of waiting for them to come around, as they are turning and have one foot in the air this is where you connect to their arm on the upper bicep and take a deep step through them over this shoulder and send them into a side roll at the hole behind them where their balance is non-existent.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56EuOjRiJpI (Sumi-Otoshi video, not the same method in class but still cool!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGOtPXAPYx0 (Sumi-Otoshi video, same execution motion as in class)
Next was Ski to Sankyo, then into a "bow and arrow" lock when you slide down to their two fingers from Sankyo and as they are turning, get them into a finger lock while maintaining the pressure and pain on the lock so they can't counter and then dumping them to the ground with a strike to the face while holding fingers. After the strike comes and you've blended it to the side, you continue under their arm and deliver an elbow strike to their ribs as you lock in the Sankyo. Make sure to keep their arm bent up and not allow their elbow to be much lower than their shoulder blade other wise they can counter it or reverse with an elbow strike to the face. Once you have the Sankyo as they are on their toes you drop your grip down to their index and middle finger to establish a new lock and bend their fingers back over their hand whilst rotating their arm down so that their elbow is now down by their waist and locked up under their hand. You can then use this lock to drop them by striking with that hand into their face. Both the pressure from the lock and the strike will take them down.
Last technique was Sumi-Otoshi (Corner Throw) where the Ski strike comes in and as you Tenkan you place your arm on their striking arm as they flow past and push them into the hole behind them that they have created. As they strike their motion will take them in a big circle around you when you correctly execute the Tenkan and blend with their strike. Instead of waiting for them to come around, as they are turning and have one foot in the air this is where you connect to their arm on the upper bicep and take a deep step through them over this shoulder and send them into a side roll at the hole behind them where their balance is non-existent.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56EuOjRiJpI (Sumi-Otoshi video, not the same method in class but still cool!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGOtPXAPYx0 (Sumi-Otoshi video, same execution motion as in class)
Friday, February 1, 2013
Menutsuki Shihonage and Kata Review
We had a new student today. It's always nice to see new people coming in for training.
Went over Ukemi Kata and Happo No Undo. Again, the Ukemi kata is three back slap outs from laying on your back, then from a sitting position with the addition of three to the left and right side, next from a crouched position 3 back left and right, and finally standing 3 back left and right. The second half involves a front break fall. This is done from crouching. Your forearms should land where your feet where and you kick your feet out and land on your toes like a push-up position. You will land on your toes and your forearms with your face turned to the left or right as you breath out. This is done 3 times from crouching and then from a standing position. The last part of the Ukemi-kata laying back in the break fall position with one leg in and the other out with the toes on the ground and the same side arm out while the other covers your mid-section. Then you roll onto your upper back and switch positioning as if you took a break fall on the other side. You do this several times switching from left to right side. That completes the full Ukemi-kata.
Worked on Menutsuki Shihonage. When punch comes in from Uke, Nage performs a Tenkan and allows their punch to go through, rather than trying to stop it. As they go through you connect and whip them around as your other arm comes through from behind their arm and locks it up into Shihonage. Making sure not to stand back up with them and give them back their center. This somewhat skips the normal method or rotating under their arm as it skims along your back since you can just switch with your other hand as they whip around and get the same effect.
Randori today was done with Shomenuchi strikes and Katatdori grabs. I need to work on being softer and not waiting so long for the attack to get to me but rather to enter in as they prepare to attack and blend softer with the incoming strikes.
Went over Ukemi Kata and Happo No Undo. Again, the Ukemi kata is three back slap outs from laying on your back, then from a sitting position with the addition of three to the left and right side, next from a crouched position 3 back left and right, and finally standing 3 back left and right. The second half involves a front break fall. This is done from crouching. Your forearms should land where your feet where and you kick your feet out and land on your toes like a push-up position. You will land on your toes and your forearms with your face turned to the left or right as you breath out. This is done 3 times from crouching and then from a standing position. The last part of the Ukemi-kata laying back in the break fall position with one leg in and the other out with the toes on the ground and the same side arm out while the other covers your mid-section. Then you roll onto your upper back and switch positioning as if you took a break fall on the other side. You do this several times switching from left to right side. That completes the full Ukemi-kata.
Worked on Menutsuki Shihonage. When punch comes in from Uke, Nage performs a Tenkan and allows their punch to go through, rather than trying to stop it. As they go through you connect and whip them around as your other arm comes through from behind their arm and locks it up into Shihonage. Making sure not to stand back up with them and give them back their center. This somewhat skips the normal method or rotating under their arm as it skims along your back since you can just switch with your other hand as they whip around and get the same effect.
Randori today was done with Shomenuchi strikes and Katatdori grabs. I need to work on being softer and not waiting so long for the attack to get to me but rather to enter in as they prepare to attack and blend softer with the incoming strikes.
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