We cooled down and rested our minds a bit with the omote-ura entry into most of nijusan. Sharp execution of #2 leads to the the interesting "Who's uke now?" exercise in which uke whips around into a shomenate and uke and tori take turns playing with wakigatame, gedanate, and ushiroate. Folks seemed to especially like aigamaeate and gyakugamaeate as counters to wide hanasu#2. Wide tends to whip uke back around onto tori, which can lead to hanasu #1, 2, or 5 - or really anything that we have covered so far in chain #2. We all got several reps of that then finished up chain #2 with the ideas of what happens when tori's execution of hanasu#2 is either too wide or too sharp. The more advanced folks did all of hanasu. Worked on tegatana, mainly with the focus of balls of feet and recovery step and getting the pattern into the newbies. I think I saw a couple of the newbies being a little rounder - so we're making progress there. Most of the Hattiesburgers were either sick or working. Today's aikidoka included Kristof, Patrick M., and 3 of Clan McKenzie. Everything we teach has to have good probability curves under conditions of chaos, has to fail relatively softly, and has to be testable and falsifiable. It is the ruling strategy underlying every technique and tactic that we teach and practice every class. Self defense is not something special that we cover every so often at a special class. That pretty much put an end to the discussion because he is absolutely right. I suggested a self-defense theme, perhaps something related to how we teach "self defense" along side the principle of "do nothing." Reuster commented that everything we do every class day is self-defense oriented, that we don't have to do anything special or stronger, or rougher or anything different at all to be teaching self-defense. We were discussing the upcoming Aiki Buddies Gathering in Magnolia and tossing around ideas for topics or themes for the clinic. Practice Tai Sabaki often to make the movements second nature.Sensei James Reuster of Edwards AFB made an interesting comment in an email a few weeks ago that has been eating on me for a while.Your back should be facing west and you should now be facing off to the side of your original direction (your front body will now be facing east)in Hidari Hanmi (that is the opposite stance to when you started). Pivot on the ball of your front foot (left foot), then turn as if performing a tenkan but only 90 degrees (to your right). From Migi Hanmi, perform Issoku Irimi that is step through with the back foot.You should now be facing in the opposite direction and in the opposite stance (Hidari Hanmi) to when you started. Then pivoting on the ball of the new front foot, turn 180 degrees in the direction of your back. This movement is also commonly known as "kaiten." From Migi Hanmi, perform Issoku Irimi, that is, step through with the back foot.You will now be facing south and still in Migi Hanmi stance. Turn in the direction of your back 180 degrees by bringing the other foot around behind.
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