Sunday, April 20, 2008

Saturday 18:15: April 18, 2008

Recap from Friday night? I would be scared if Sensei's animal instinct was that good...

Tai no Henko-2 with partner

Katate Mochi Kokyunage



  1. Straight in throw (plus Hajime)
  2. Pivot as throw (plus Hajime)
Katate Mochi Jujinage



  1. Straight in throw
  2. Pivot as throw

Shumatsu Dosa 1 & 2

I totally lost track of time before the class, had to be sure that I was running later than usual so had to hurry up changing..., being late for the class for a few minutes could have been avoided...

Since I was late for the class, had no idea what Sensei knew about the class from Friday night. Still, it was too good to be true to have deja vu like that... the secret was that one of us revealed the scene of it to Sensei before the class. Then, he rearranged it and we we were able to have the recap class. I was glad to have the second chance so soon because I was not quite happy the way I put myself in the night before...

Gosh...my left upper arm is sore having massive katate mochi sessions 2 nights in a raw!
This probably means I am still using my muscle so hard to keep my kamae.

My general observation: people in the beginning tend to move with shoulder along with full of thoughts in the head, so their own body often left behind them. I'm sure I was there, and now I am conciously less tensed with shoulder and using back, still not quite coming down to hips and knees...more hips and knees.

How amazing small change in angles makes the differences! I felt it today with the angle of body made kamae so strong and stable. Keep the straight line from the top of the head to back of the heel...means "something" ; )

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