29 November Training
November 30, 2010With a club grading coming up on 13th December, here is a very quick recap of what we covered last night; Zenpo kaiten ukemi/hiyaku ukemi Tandoku Undo; Unsoku & tegatana dosa Randori no Kata
22 November training
November 23, 2010Genryukan had the pleasure of Jim Dempster Sensei for last night’s training in the absence of myself and Christophe. Jim tells me this is what he covered; Tai jutsu Sumi otoshi (Corner drop), from Randori no kata #16, from Ryote mochi and from Suwari waza Weapons Jo dori Our thanks go to Dempster Sensei for [...]
Next week’s class
November 16, 2010Next Monday (22nd November), Jim Dempster Sensei from Gowa Ryu in Ashford will be kindly taking the class in my absence (and Christophe’s of course). So look forward to one of Jim’s nice signature warm-ups followed by some nice pre-grading practise! Thanks again Jim for taking the class, much appreciated. Phil
Get well soon Christophe
As you may or may not know, on Sunday Christophe received a very significant leg injury – dislocation and double fracture to the ankle, plus fractured leg (tibia). The amusing thing (sorry Chris), is that it wasn’t received doing his various budo activities of Aikido & Kung fu. No, he slipped over while walking his [...]
Neil Saunders Session
Last night, Genryukan students had the pleasure of aikido tuition from Neil Saunders Sensei. Neil has a 4th Dan in both Tomiki and Yoshinkan aikido styles, so has a wealth of experience to draw on. Hopefully I recall correctly what we covered in the class; Kamae shomen uchi shomen irimi nage ichi katate-mochi kokyu nage [...]
