Tuesday Class covered the following:

Warmup:

type: regular, student led
Standard practice : 

Coverage:

timing and reflex training:

first sequence :
uke : tsuki attack 
nage: evades with tenkan movement
uke : follow up with yokomen
nage: enters and executes kokyu-nage from behind
Second : sequence
uke : yokomen attack 
nage: evades with irimi movement
uke : follow up with yokomen
nage: enters and immediately executes frontal kokyu-nage

# Throughout emphasizing quick and decisive movement
Application : apply principles to situation context
Contingencies : 
 - attack : 
multiple attackers,
armed and unarmed, 
- Practice : nage versus 2 ukes 
- Attack vectors :
- first sequence:
One uke attacks
the other uke blocks movement in one direction 
- second sequence:
One uke attacks
the other uke blocks movement in the other direction
# nage must move to evade the 1st uke and out of range of the 2nd
 - tactical :
one uke approaches nage from the front and 2nd to the rear
using peripheral vision nage monitors distance to 2nd uke  
first uke reaches for a hidden tanto
nage executes atemi and irimi disarming 1st uke 
nage positions 1st uke between self and 2nd uke
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- Testing
- Kokyu dosa
- Class Pictures
LAST CLASS PARTY

Advanced Class Newtown Dojo

Tuesday Class covered the following:

Warmup:
type: light, technique
- Coverage
Ryote Mochi :
Uke attacks with two hands, grasping nage's wrist area.
  - Standard practice :
      technique : kokyu nage
       - uke  : control and position
       - nage : inviting uke
         - conventions of practice
         - adapting for self-defense context
Application >
Examination of the application of principles within the context
of an given situation
Scenarios :
Being approached by someone with aggressive intent
  - situational awareness :
      - signs of aggression
      - verification of aggression
      - extent of danger :
             exposure and risk of attack
      - options
  - point of engagement : # if technique is necessary
      - tactical objectives
      - initiating technique
  - contingencies :
      -  multiple aggressors :              
          attack vectors :
            staggered : >
             frontally approached, approaching person
             tries to have you move direction of others,  
            surrounded : >
             frontally approached while others position
             to block any escape routes
            containment : >
               Group approaches you to corner you to control
               your ability to maneuver
- Practice : >
  nage : versus 2 or 3 ukes for each contingency
- Followup discussion :
    Randori practice :
    - background
    - unarmed practice vs. armed combat
    - applying principles  
After Class:
Decadent abuse of the body :
Featuring - Guinness, buffalo wings and heaps of artery
clogging cheese nachos

Advanced Class at Northeast Dojo

Sunday April 15th

I visited NE Dojo and Jason graciously invited me to teach.

Class covered the following:
Warmup:
type: light, technique
  excercise :
    arobic  : shomen-uchi ikkyo suwari-waza
    stretch : shomen-uchi kote gaeshi suwari-waza
- Coverage
Arrest technique :
Generally when nage employs a Aikido technique pre-emtively upon someone to control them. Historically, the techniques were taught for application in law enforcement.
        - Standard practice
          frontal approach : irimi and tenkan
          rear approach    : direct and mis-directection
Application :
        - positioning and engagement
        - contingencies
        - adaptation
Summary :
Participants indicated the desire to do additional training
Followup - future venue, time and place T-B-D. Dojo is in the process of moving to new location.