Weekend at Meiryukan

On Saturday afternoon in Fukiage the students class worked on diagonal movements. The techniques were shomen uchi ikkajo osae ichi, shomen uchi hijiate kokyunage ichi - Some points were, moving forward from kamae width, not bending the back knee, and turning the inside hip in.

On Sunday afternoon in Sakado the student class practiced back breakfalls, then into an orange belt technique - shomen uchi shomen iriminage ni - Points were, big pivots over 180degrees, stay low and shift weight, extend the arm doing the throw, strong zanshin.