Cool Sunday

Finally cooling down a little bit. Rainy, but mid 20 degree weather. A nice change from last weekend.

Sunday in Saitama we worked on kotegaeshi, both standing and seated. Focus was mainly on the posture needed to keep connection while changing hands during the yokomen uchi version. We also played around with a couple of different udegarami nage.

In the afternoon in Sakado. The kids reviewed all 5 basic techniques from the 7th and 6th kyu test syllabus, then into a more difficult shodan technique. Finished with jiyu-waza.

The adult class spent some time on yonkajo. Shomen uchi yonkajo osae ni (tachi, suwari), shomen uchi yonkajo nage.

The main point was to not to use arm power. Raise up from your center, and cut down by riding your weight.