Blocks and pivots

Yokomen uchi ikkajo osae ichi, yokomen uchi sankajo osae ichi during the kids class at Saturday`s Meiryukan Nagareyama club.

However, with 2 kids absent, and 2 adult visitors it was more of an adult class than a kids class.

Stopping the side strike without cutting down ended up being  the main point of today`s practice.

Practicing pivots once again in Sakado. Simple enough to just to spin around, but not so easy to do it correctly using our feet, knees, hips simultaneously.

Shomen uchi yonkajo osae ni (tachi, suwari)

Shomen uchi taihenko kokyunage.

Turn on your toes, maintain posture while using your whole body to do large, balanced, controlled pivots.