June 9 2009_Tuesday 5:45

5:45

Breakfalls Practice:
Forward rolls
Flips

Techniques:
Yonkajo
Sokumen
Hijiate

Katate Mochi Kokyunage

Note:
Class of 2, Stumpy's test training.

I realize that I still move as I imagining where uke to be, instead of where uke is. Those times, I'm just making the movements, and techniques dont happen.

Trying to focus on Keeping Back Leg Straight, straighter than I think its straight...I got a feeling to make Tai no Henko-1 much stronger and stable as I can keep the backlegs straight, yet its hard to keep it all way through the technique and cant feel the strong back leg at all.

I reminded myself everytime when I was in kamae during this class but the next moment I remembered was when I was back in kamae...

I can't help thinking I'm losing my knee forward in motion. My hips are way too high and body is open as I make the turn...so the techniques get very very weak, as I try to make it stable and stronger, my shoulder get tensed...

Luckily, I am not afraid of hitting the mat hard when I'm thrown, there are certain techniques I cant take uke right...which involves height. The ones my hips are supposed to go higher than my hip level, I still dont know how to make it happen with my wimpy flips. Being very short is not helping at all on this one, but there must a way to get over that height.

June 5 2009_Friday 19:00

Test Training

Technique:
Katate Mochi Sokumen Iriminage-1
Ushiro Katate Eri Mochi Ikkajo Osae-1
Ushiro Ryo Kata Mochi Sankajo Osae-1
Suwari Waza Shomen Tsuki Shomen Iriminage-1
Suwari Waza Ryote Mochi Kotegaeshi-1
Shomen Uchi Shihonage
Katate Aya Mochi Nikajo Osae-1
Suwari Waza Ryote Mochi Kokyuho-1

Ryote Mochi Kotegaeshi-1&2
Kokyu Nages (Kata Mochi, Shomen Uchi)

Note:
A class like 2 years ago. It wasn't the same as before but the feeling of how the class used to be came back to me throughout the class. It was fun and exciting and frusctrating at the same time.

Someone shoots out the question to Stumpy, the others all take it into on our own ways, bring up as a series of question...somehow the question becomes one big question and a class becomes one.

Physically, it is very challenging for me to train with those guys as it was before. I had to try harder than I could, there was no time for me to observe what was going on on the side...I felt like as if I was sleeping for the last 2 years. What have I learned what they dont know, there must be something since I was here the whole time when they werent.

Keep looking forward and moving forward...I felt like I was awaken feeling their energy just being in the class. A person can move a person, it can get a huge energy ball when a group get together.

Losing it once we had (the way we used to train) made us realize what we had started missing even we were training together.

The big question is...where do we go from here?

January 20 2009_Tuesday 5:45 & 7:00

Kangeiko Day 2: Ikkajo

Hiriki no Yosei-2
Suriashi Practice

Technique:
Shomen Uchi Ikkajo Osae-1
Suwariwaza Katate Mochi Ikkajo Osae-1
Ushirowaza Ryote Mochi Ikkajo Osae-1

Katate Mochi Ikkajo Osae-2 (Non Basic)
Yokomen Uchi Ikkajo Osae-2
Suwariwaza Kata Mochi Ikkajo Osae-2

Katate Mochi Ikkajo Osae-1 (Non Basic, 2 patterns)
Katate Mochi Ikkajo Nage

Note:
Class of 9.

I may be positioning myself too sideways to Uke as Shite. That may be why I end up following Uke instead pushing to the direction I want Uke to go.

January 19 2009_Monday 7:00

Kangeiko Day1: Shihonage

Kihon Dosa

Tai no Henko-1&2
Hiriki no Yosei-1&2
Shumatsu Dosa-1&2


Technique:
Katate Mochi Shiohonage-1&2
Yokomen Uchi Shihonage-1&2
Hanmi Handachi Katate Mochi Shihonage-1&2
Shomen Uchi Shihonage

Yokomen Uchi Shihonage (nage)
Katate Mochi Shiohonage-kuzushi



Note:

Class of 8, Kangeiko-Day 1, Shihonage...I hit my head again...with Sensei's Shihonage.
This became one of the traditions (which I want to stop...). Overall, I 'm not sure if I'm just not good taking uke on Shihonage, or I'm doing something not right... its not exactly fun to find out the same problem I have on the first day of Kan/Sho chugeiko...yet it continues until I get over it.

Although, I was able to spare a micro second to loose the tention from my shoulder before sensei's throw came in. I so hoped..this time something was different, yet I hit my head (quite hard) after all...so I guess it wasnt really changed much.

I learn from Senseis who are a lot taller than me. When their throws come strong, I easily lose my control and smash my body onto the mat. "Most" of the cases...I can stay in my Ukemi shape and dont get injured, but for certain techniques, I still can not shake the fear of falling/hitting the wrong place etc...off ...it blocks my moves from doing it any better. Shihonage is one, Ushironage is one...and for left side I have less control, those thougths unclears my mind and I end up doing something I should do...such as landing on my hand (which hurts!) from flipping was one I did today besides hitting my head.

Wednesday 7:00, July 30 2008

Shochugeiko - Day 3 : Nikajo

Nikajo Practice

Techniques:

Shomen Uchi Nikajo Osae-1(Tachi & Suwari / Basic Technique)
Shomen Uchi Nikajo Osae-2 (Tachi & Suwari / Basic Technique)
Katate Aya Mochi Nikajo Osae-1 (Tachi & Suwari / Basic Technique)
Katate Aya Mochi Nikajo Osae-2 (Tachi & Suwari / Basic Technique)
Ushirowaza Ryote Mochi Nikajo Osae-1 (Advanced Technique)
Mae Mune Ryote Mochi Nikajo -1 (Self Defence)
Mae Mune Royte Mochi Nikajo -2 (Self Defence)
Ushiro Kata Mochi Nikajo Osae-1 (Self Defence)

Note: Class of 10

Wednesday 5:45, July 30 2008

Shomen Uchi Nikajo Osae-1 & 2 (Tachi & Suwari)
Katate Aya Mochi Nikajo Osae-1 & 2 (Tachi & Suwari)


Note:
Class of 2,

Tuesday 7:00, July 29 2008

Shochugeiko Day2 : Ikkajo

Kihon dosa:
Hiriki no yosei 1 & 2 with Partner

Techniques:
Shomen Uchi Ikkajo Osae-1
Shomen Uchi Ikkajo Osae-2
Suwariwaza Kata Mochi Ikkajo Osae-1
Suwariwaza Hiji Mochi Ikkajo Osae-2
Ushirowaza Ryote Mochi Ikkajo Osae-1
Ushirowaza Ryohiji Mochi Ikkajo Osae-2
Ushirowaza Eri Mochi Ikkajo Osae-2
Shomen Uchi Ikkajo Nage

Kihon dosa:
Shumatsu doza 1 & 2 with Partner

Note: Class of 10.