Takemusu Aikido Society

Techniques covered: Tai Jutsu Tai no Henko Tai no Henko Ki no Nagare Tai no Henko Ki no Nagare with the pivot at the end Katatedori Shihonage Omote Katatedori Shihonage Ura Katatedori Iriminage Chudan (shihonage release) Zagi Kokyuho Bukiwaza Kumitachi 1, movement 1

 Today in the Balbriggan dojo we covered the techniques as follows: Tai no Henko Tai no Henko Ki no Nagare Morotedori Kokyunage Kosadori Iriminage Kosadori Kotegaeshi Katatedori Kotegaeshi (Release from top) Zagi Kokyuho

Today in the Ringsend Dojo we continued to study Iriminage and had a little fun doing randori first time after the pandemic.  Techniques covered: Tai Jutsu Tai no Henko Tai no Henko Ki no Nagare Morotedori Kokyuho Shomen Uchi Iriminage Kihon Shomen Uchi Iriminage Ki no Nagare (Uke attacks with back hand) Shomen Uchi Iriminage Ki no Nagare (Ura variation) Shomen Uchi Kotegaeshi Kihon Shomen Uchi Kokyunage Randori practice: Iriminage, Kotegaeshi, Kokyunage from Shomen Uchi attack Bukiwaza Ki Musubi no Tachi Today S. did "mitori keiko" - training by watching, an important part of learning Aikido. S. also took some beautiful pictures that we will use in this blog to illustrate the posts 

 Today we learned the Iriminage technique: Tai no Henko Tai no Henko Ki no Nagare Morotedori Kokyuho Shomen Uchi Iriminage Kihon Shomen Uchi Iriminage (use front hand only) Shomen Uchi Iriminage (use back hand only) Shomen Uchi Iriminage (use both hands - kihon) Shomen Uchi Iriminage (deep entrance without body turn) Shomen Uchi Iriminage (pass through the opponent's hand variation) Shomen Uchi Iriminage (hard resisting - front hand throw) Zagi Kokyuho

Today in the Ringsend Dojo we practised only Buki Waza, as it was the first training in June. The techniques covered: Suburi 1 Suburi 2 Suburi 3 Suburi 4 Suburi 5 Suburi 6  Suburi 7 Zengo-Giri Shiho-Giri Migi Awase Hidari Awase Go no Awase Shichi no Awase Ki Musubi no Tachi

Today in Balbriggan dojo we learned different variations of Sankyo techniques: Tai no Henko Tai no Henko Ki no Nagare Morotedori Kokyuho Shomen Uchi Ukkyo Omote & Ura Shomen Uchi Sankyo Omote & Ura Kihon Shomen Uchi Sankyo Henka 1 Shomen Uchi Sankyo Henka 2 Shomen Uchi Sankyo Henka 3 Shomen Uchi Sankyo Henka 4 Shomen Uchi Sankyo Henka 5 Shomen Uchi Koshinage Sankyo Variation Zagi Kokyuho