Kids aikido Noda and Saitama

Fall tests are finished, belts and certificates have been handed out, and we are back to regular training.

On Wednesday after a long warm up of basics, the junior Noda kids worked on some seated techniques.

suwariwaza shomen uchi ikkajo osae ichi, ni

We focused on keeping our hips down and pulling our back foot up quickly.

On Sunday in Saitama, the blue belts practiced katate mochi sokumen iriminage ichi. The point was big movements, both moving forward as well as up and down.

The brown belts did ryote mochi tenchinage ni. Leading with our hands and not breaking the grip. Also a big circular movement forward to take our partner`s balance.