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Creation Date: 03-03-2005 12:13 AM
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Entries for the Month of November 2005

In General notes to myself on techniques Entry Tools Rate This Entry
  #51 New 11-21-2005 11:10 PM
kotegaeshi: must remember to use both hands on uke's hand/wrist to flip uke over.

shihonage
from ryotedori: I can't seem to do this well. I think I am not moving from the body/hips enough. When one of the guys holds my wrists hard, I can barely move him.

one handed: I must remember to drop uke by pulling slight behind rather than directly downward

kokyu/irimi:
i need to remember to make the throwing hand do an "thumbs down" ...there's also a subtle difference I don't always get in bringing the arm down onto uke. Don't really know how to describe it but I know I'm not getting it right a lot of the time.

kokyu suwari-waza:
for one fleeting moment the instructor on friday got me to do it right and then it was gone. But I think again it's the same problem that I need to move more from my centre and it's the little finger cutting up from my centre that should make it work...just can't do it most of the time.

also turn wrists outward rather than straight in.

ushiro:
footwork: go into hanmi.
arms: lift arms towards front not side as I move back

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In General Things I learned from AAF sempai Entry Tools Rate This Entry
  #50 New 11-16-2005 08:40 PM
kotegashi:
One of the very nice thai aikikai young men showed me that as I was short, I could just bend more at the knees and bring the uke in towards my centre by brining the hand in towards my centre as I tenkan. I've been trying it out and it works. It gives me more control as nage and I need to move around uke less. I do need to practice it though to make it smoother.

kokyu:
last night's practice: this has always been elusive to get it consistently right. During the practice, one of the yudansha at AAF showed me to turn the wrist more to cut using the small finger out and that would make the uke's wrist also turn more effectively.

last night:
we practiced in the dance studio for once and since it has mirrors on one side, I occasionally glimpsed myself and realised my posture isn't upright enough for a lot of the moves. I need to be more aware of what the correct position is. I think sometimes it's because I'm compensating for a technique which doesn't quite work and that's the only way I can maintain fluidity.
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In General back to normal practice Entry Tools Rate This Entry
  #49 New 11-13-2005 09:32 PM
Friday's class: first class back after the seminar. I'm still feeling that great after holiday feeling. Don't think it's improved my technical skills yet though . I'm blaming my muscle spasm behind my left knee which made me really afraid to move that leg and that's so not good for aikido.

I'm still remembering parts of the seminar: the shihan who could do 450 degree turns and the shihan who was very straight, very tall, who always went literally for the throat.
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In General Asian Aikido Federation Congress memories Entry Tools Rate This Entry
  #48 New 11-10-2005 08:06 PM
Shihans: I think it was Arai shihan I'm remembering from the conference. Little old frail looking man with white hair and no more than 5 feet, throwing men far bigger and stronger than him.

There were so many others that were memorable: Shihan Kobayashi I think was the one who executed 450 degree turns. Lots of variations on turns. Great sense of balance. I thought it was also very effective for shorter people. He himself is no more than 5 feet. His son is much taller and acts as his uke a lot of the time.

Since I'm short I'm also taking note of all these technqiues which work well for little people .
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In General Asian Aikido Congress Entry Tools Rate This Entry
  #47 New 11-08-2005 02:30 AM
Just came back from Bangkok from the AAF congress. It was a great experience, more than I expected. Seeing the country demonstrations followed by the shihans and doshu was very good. And before that the different classes conducted by the different senseis was also highly instructive. It taught me a lot about how far more I need to keep learning and keep trying to improve as I felt my techniques tend to be weak where by now I should at least be able to do those basics so it's back to the drawing board! I was very impressed with a number of my partners and some of them particularly the senior ones were patient and taught me in the short few minutes I had with each of them for each technique we learned.

More details later but overall a great experience. Not to mention the rip roaring party at the end ...an unexpectedly boisterous party with lots of beer and music to dance to. Also made new friends from the other dojo in Singapore and certainly got to know my own dojo mates better from travelling with them.
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