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I am going to make writing in this journal an everyday thing now. lol. Class this morning was great, did about 5 different techniques, which is a lot, so I guess that we were all performing them fairly well. We went from syundo(spelling?haha), to nikkyo, to different kokyo-nage, all mixed with irimi and such. Very cool stuff. Its pretty amazing how, when applying a nikkyo technique, the smallest difference in how you 'katame' your attacker can make the technique. For example, the placement of the opponent's attacking hand on your shoulder. EVEN MORE SWEET! SENSEI DEMONSTRATED HOW TO COUNTER A NIKKYO TECHNIQUE USING THE SAME EXACT NIKKYO TECHNIQUE!! At first everyone on the mat was really tripped out by it. It was so cool! Unfortunately Sensei was simply showing us that it could be done, but not teaching it to us.
12-08-2004 12:16 PM 