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Re: Things that sneak up in testing!
I had shomenuchi kokyunage on my fourth kyu test. Now, I knew I didn't do this throw very well, and when I went down to the Aikikai dojo on open-mat nights and tried it on them, it didn't work. But I figured that was because I was a fifth kyu and not very good at it.
Thursday before my test (I'd been training for it for six months) sensei was watching me do this kokyunage, with a pained expression, and I had a sudden thunderbolt that I was *doing it wrong.* That's why it didn't work. So on testing day I did the throw like I'd seen it for the first time the previous week....but at least it was the right throw.
A couple of weeks later I had the satisfaction of doing it to an Aikikai student and actually throwing him, too. He looked surprised, and so did I.
Mary Kaye
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i couldn't get it on tues but love doing this move.before other half of grading yesterday practicing this technique some students where saying he didn't ask for that he asked for shomenuchi so sensei shouts doing some of my other favourite moves iriminage (love doing) shionage tenshinage etc then he says shomenuchi technique then says yokemenuchi kaitenage did it after grading looked at syllabus yokemenuchi kaitenage is on the 3rd kyu syllabus 
