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.
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