Iriminage at Shunpukan dojo

Iriminage last Wednesday at the Noda Shunpukan kids class. 

The Juniors worked on katate mochi sokumen iriminage ichi. 

Down, up, down... We tried to create a rhythm instead of just pushing into our partner. Soft knees for shite and flexible, relaxed uke.

The senior class practiced yokomen uchi shomen iriminage ichi.

Again the focus was on level change, as well as twisting from the hips instead of just swinging the arms back and forth.

Both sokumen and shomen iriminage require big dynamic movements to enter and break ukes balance.