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Wednesday Noda kids working on suwari waza shomen uchi ikkajo osae ichi, ni.

Keeping the hips down while pivoting was the point of the day. Compared to most adults, their knees, ankles etc are abit more flexible. However, keeping the toes up, but the hips down, especially during turning movements is still quite difficult.

The advanced class practiced tai no henko ni. We broke the movement down and worked on riding our weight on the axis foot while maintaing and strong and straight back leg.

katate mochi sokumen iriminage ni →　#1 not breaking the grip while leading our partner forward, #2 big step entering in right against their shoulder, #3 not throwing with the hands - use your body.