Last weekend in October

On Saturday morning, due to booking problems, we held the kids and adult Kasukabe classes in Iwatsuki. It was our first time using this facility in over a year. Only a few kids could show up so we played around and had some fun with suwari waza katate aya mochi kotegaeshi as a warm up. Then we broke off in to two groups and worked on shomen uchi kotegaeshi ni, katate mochi kokyunage.

The adults practiced ryote mochi shihonage 1&2, hanmi handachi shihonage - the main focus was on keeping a balanced connection through both hands.

Saturday afternoon was as usual in Fukiage. The kids class practicied throwing techniques - sokumen iriminage 1&2, tenchinage 1&2

The junior high class did kata mochi sankajo osae 2, kokyu ho 3, tenchinage 2( hajime geiko), kokyunage

Adults worked on suwari waza ikkajo 1&2

On Sunday afternoon in Sakado we went through some shodan techniques - ushiro waza katate eri mochi ikkajo osae 2, suwari waza ryote mochi kokyu-ho 3, katate mochi kokyunage

Focus was on the raising of the hands, the correct shoulder, elbow, wrist etc. Relaxed but strong and stable.