Fukiage 5/6

On Saturday in Fukiage we had visitors from the Saitama, Sakado, Kazo and Kumagaya clubs. 

ryote mochi shihonage ichi, suwari waza ryote mochi kokyu-ho ni, ryote mochi kaiten nage, shomen tsuki kaiten nage

Focus was on concentrating power in to both hands (yours and your partners). 

Following the usual kids class basics, we went into yokomen uchi sankajo osae ichi, suwari waza shomen uchi sankajo osae ichi

Big movements, strong strikes, and controlled pins.

The junior high/high school class did some hajime geiko shomen uchi sankajo osae ni
 

Kazo 4/30

 ★少年部

正座法では、座る時の号令3番、立ち上がる時の号令1番の時に顔が前にでないよう、タオルを顔の前に出してタオルに顔が触れないよう稽古しました。

後方回転受身では、腕が体と90度の角度になるよう、寝てその位置を確かめました。

基本動作連続を行った後、体の変更（一）の動きを稽古しました。

特に体を変更し捌きができるように、畳を立ててその細い間を体を変更し通り抜ける稽古を行いました。

↓

その動きを使って、少年三段技「正面打ち正面入身投げ（一）」を行いました。

畳の間をすり抜けた時の動作☟と、

↓

技で受けの側面に入った動作☟は同じです。

★一般

今日の稽古は、回転動作の動きを段階的に単独で行い、それぞれの動きをチェックしました。

その動きを使って、「肩持ち一ヶ条抑え（二）」を行いました。

その後、「後ろ技両肩持ち一ヶ条抑え（二）」も行いました。

最後は、肩を持って押されてからの「呼吸投げ」を行いました。

Golden Week holiday starts tomorrow

Never enough iriminage!

On Sunday in Sakado the kids practiced pivoting movements - tai no henko ni, then in to katate mochi sokumen iriminage ni 

The main points were to keep your hands in front of your body and weight forward. Bring you partner forward and take their balance.

In Kazo we praciticed tai no henko ichi, then in to shomen uchi shomen iriminage ichi

Again keeping our hands in our center and using our hip movement to enter without pushing our partner back.

Golden week vacation starts tomorrow. Golden "week", however, just the Wed, Thur, and Friday off. Training resumes on May 6th. See you then!
 

sokumen iriminage in Saitama

katate mochi sokumen iriminage ichi 

A seemingly simple quick 3 step technique. However there is a lot going on in those 3 movements...

sliding forward from both the front foot as well as the back foot, twisting and turning, up an down, bending and straightening knees, back and neck straight, heels up and down - and this is just about the lower half of the body...

A proper understanding of tai ni henko ichi makes doing this technique much easier. Not only for the shite movements, but also the uke.  

Not just on how to use our bodies, but the flow of the technique and how we want to affect our partner. Is our partner stepping away? twisting out? weight on their back foot? or front foot? Is their elbow colliding with their body? We have to look at our partner to find OUR mistakes, NOT theirs.

Kazo 4/16

 ★少年部

今日は、臂力の養成（一）の腕と肘の動きを使う稽古を行いました。

まずは、かかり稽古で「片手持ち呼吸投げ」

技は、少年三段技の「座り技両手持ち呼吸法（一）」を行いました。

呼吸法ですり上げる動きが臂力の養成（一）の動きと同じです。

次は、かかり稽古で「半身半立ち両手持ち呼吸投げ」を行いました。

最後は、臂力の養成（一）のすり上げの動きを使って、「片手持ち二ヶ条抑え（二）」の締めまで行いました。

★一般

斜行の動きで、肩から動いて、その後腰を入れていく流れで行いました。

その動きを使い、「正面打ち正面入身投げ（一）」を行いました。

次は、「座り技正面打ち二ヶ条抑え（二）」を行いました。

最後は、「正面打ちの二ヶ条から小手返し」（から三ヶ条）をかかり稽古で行いました。

Meiryukan weekend training

suwari waza shomen uchi shomen iriminage ichi at Meiryukan Noda last Saturday morning.

We broke down the movements  - get off the centerline, enter without colliding, pressure with body not arms, take balance, control the throw.

In the afternoon in Nagareyama we practiced yokomen ichi sankajo osae ichi

The points in both the standing and seated version were the same - control the distance in the cut down part, don`t push them away.

Sunday morning in Kazo the focus was on hiriki no yosei - shoulders down, elbows diagonally down, fingers open

suwari waza ryote mochi kokyuho ichi, hanmi handachi ryote mochi kokyunage, katate mochi nikajo osae ni

流山 4/8

 今日のテーマは重心の移動

ヒリキの養成二

横面打ち四方投げ二

後ろ両手持ち三ヶ条抑え一

Sunday morning in Kazo

Last Sunday in Kazo the kids spent the first 5 to 10 minutes reviewing the proper way to do both the standing and seated bow. Next we worked on shumatsu dosa ichi, then into shomen uchi sankajo osae ichi. Finished with jiyu-waza.

The adult class had a few visitors from the Sakado and Fukiage clubs. Today`s theme was pivoting movements. The techniques were shomen uchi yonkajo osae ni (tachi,suwari), shomen uchi ikkajonage and a self defense kind of technique. Finished with shumatsu dosa ni.
 

Weekday Meiryukan

Tonight in Kasukabe after the usual warm-ups, we spent a good 15 to 20 minutes on zenpo/koho kaiten ukemi.

We then worked on big pivots during the shumatsu dosa ni movement, followed with ryote mochi tenchinage ni. Check your form at each position - both shite and uke.

At yesterday`s Noda class we were back to regular training. The 4:30 to 5:30 class is open to kids ranging from kindergarten to junior high. This class focuses only on basics. From proper aisatsu, belt tying, bowing in, to of course kamae, ukemi, kihon dosa, and always finishing with cleaning.

The 5:45 to 6:45 class is for 5th kyu and above. Pinning and throwing techniques.

On Tuesday we practiced shoulder grasp techniques.

kata mochi hijishime ichi, ni - focusing on our posture, not on our partners elbow.

suwari waza kata mochi kuzushi - hips down and hands in our center.

kata mochi kokyunage - don`t rush the throw, invite, lead and release.
 

Just do some suwari waza please

Why don`t you practice suwari waza?

Ah, because you don`t like it... same thing my kids say about eating vegetables... 

Well, too bad, just do it and you will get use to it. Plus it is good for you!

Oh, but you have bad knees... Well, maybe because you only do standing techniques and have lost all flexibilty... Toughen up!

Sunday suwari waza in Meiryukan Saitama and Sakado.

We worked on kata mochi sokumen iriminage ichi, katate mochi sokumen iriminage ichi, katate mochi nikajo osae ichi

Butt down, head up, back straight, feet together, weight on your correct knee, and hips turned in...