Mysterious Martial Arts Aikido

Thursday, November 28, 2013 session at the JICC conference room

Unlike last Thursday that had nothing to offer,this being the second Thursday session,Daniel sempai was in charge and after a full body warm up session,we went through the techniques mentioned below:

-From the Katatedori stance:Two versions of Sokumen Irimi Nage,Shiho Nage(Omote & Ura) and Sankyo Omote respectively.

-From Hanmi Handachi Waza:Ryote Dori Shiho Nage Omote.

The session wound up with Kokyu Ho Kokyu Dosa.

ATTENDANCE LIST:

-AREBA Daniel

-MATINDI Sarah

-OSORO Douglas

-OGUTU Dennis

-LALA Mohseen

-MUTHII Joshua

-MICHUKI Leon

-OLE KIMINTA Edwards

-NJOROGE Walter

-MWAKIO Sammy

NEXT SESSION:TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3 @ THE SAME VENUE

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Tuesday, November 26, 2013 session at the JICC conference room

Douglas Kohai guided us through the warm up session before beginning the session with the following techniques:

-Ai Hanmi Katatedori Ikkyo Omote and Ura.

-Ai Hanmi Katatedori Shiho Nage Ura.


Daniel Sempai took over the rest of the session with the following attacks/techniques:

-Ai Hanmi Katatedori Ikkyo Omote("pitch fork" version)and Ura.

-Katatedori Kote Gaeshi.

-Yokomen Uchi Shiho Nage Omote.

ATTENDANCE LIST:

-AREBA Daniel

-OSORO Douglas

-OGUTU Dennis

-MUTHII Joshua

-OLE KIMINTA Edwards

-NJOROGE Walter

-GOGO Rodney

-MWAKIO Sammy

NEXT SESSION: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28 @ THE SAME VENUE.

Dojo Rules

Hi,I think we need to re-acquint ourselves with these rules.
Our conduct in the dojo of late is not what it ough to be.
Kindly take some time and read.
I'll talk to Dan and see if it's possible to be reading them before start of class.
We need to be more respectful.
http://www.oberlin.edu/stuorg/Aikido/dojo-rules.pdf

Tuesday, November 19, 2013 session at the JICC conference room

Dennis Kohai took us through the warm up session as well as the rest of the session and below is what we went through:

From Suwari Waza there was:

-Kokyu Ho Kokyu Dosa.

-Kote Gaeshi.

From Hanmi Handachi Waza:

-Shiho Nage.

From Tachi Waza:

-Ai Hanmi Katatedori Koshi Nage.

-Ryote Dori Tenchi Nage version.

-Various versions of Kokyu Nage.

From a Shomen Uchi attack:

-Irimi Nage Omote.

-Kote Gaeshi Omote.

-Shiho Nage Omote.

From a Yokomen Uchi attack:

-Shiho Nage Omote.

From Ushiro Ryote Dori:

-Shiho Nage Omote.

The session ended with Haishin Undo.

ATTENDANCE LIST:

-MATINDI Sarah

-OGUTU Dennis

-MUTHII Joshua

-NJOROGE Walter

-GOGO Rodney

-MALIKA Patrick

-MWAKIO Sammy

NEXT SESSION: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21 @ THE JICC CONFERENCE ROOM.

NO AIKIDO AS FROM 19 DECEMBER, 2013 TO 2 JANUARY, 2014

Please follow the link below for more information:

http://www.ke.emb-japan.go.jp/JICC/JICC_e/Martial%20Arts%20Classes.html

Friday, November 15, 2013 session at the JICC multipurpose hall

Naoki Sempai was the Sensei for this particular Friday session which,unless otherwise stated,is the last Friday Aikido session at the JICC.

After a brief warm up session and Mae,Ushiro Ukemi from both Suwari Waza and Tachi Waza respectively,we revised the below mentioned attacks/techniques:

-Basic movements of Tai no Henko.

-Katatedori Shiho Nage(Omote & Ura) and Sokumen Irimi Nage.

-Shomen Uchi Ikkyo and Yonko in both Omote & Ura respectively.

-Shomen Uchi Gokyo.

The session ended with Kokyu Ho Kokyu Dosa and Haishin Undo respectively.

ATTENDANCE LIST:

-UOZAWA Naoki

-ONSANDO Aguta

-OGUTU Dennis

-ODHIAMBO Brian

-MWEGA Shadrack

-MALIKA Patrick

-GOGO Rodney

-WANDIGA Sophie

-MWAKIO Sammy

-Two guests who watched while seated at the corner of the 'dojo'.

Naoki Sempai hinted that next week he shall have a talk with the JICC director and see if it is possible to have Aikido sessions on any other weekday rather than on Thursdays.

P.S.

DANIEL & MOHSEEN:MR.ADIKA OF THE JICC WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE BOTH OF YOU-I GUESS YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS ABOUT.

NEXT SESSION:TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19 @ THE JICC CONFERENCE ROOM.

Tuesday, November 12, 2013 session at the JICC conference room

Dennis Kohai took us through the warm up session and as always he did not disappoint. We went through a total body workout before he embarked on the techniques he had in mind as outlined below:

From Suwari Waza we went through:

-Ai Hanmi Katatedori Ikkyo Omote & Ura respectively.

-Shomen Uchi Irimi Nage & Sokumen Irimi Nage respectively.

I took over the remaining twenty minutes and the two techniques I had in mind were:

-Ryote Dori Kiri Otoshi.

-Katatedori Rokkyo.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

Beginning next week,the Friday session has been moved forward to Thursday that means that the Friday session will no longer be there thus Aikido will be every Tuesday & Thursday between 17:00 and 18:45hrs at the JICC conference room.

ATTENDANCE LIST:

-OBWAYA Richard

-OGUTU Dennis

-LALA Mohseen

-MUTHII Joshua

-MICHUKI Leon

-OLE KIMINTA Edwards

-NJOROGE Walter

-GOGO Rodney

-Mathew

-James

-MWAKIO Sammy

NEXT SESSION: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15 @ THE JICC MULTIPURPOSE HALL

Friday, November 8, 2013 session at the JICC multipurpose hall

Once again our guest Aikidoka Rex ROMERO made an appearance in the 'dojo' and I must admit that I learnt a lot from him but before going any further,let's begin from the top.

Daniel Sempai took us through the warm up session which featured among others Mae & Ushiro Ukemi in both Suwari Waza and Tachi Waza respectively.

We got down to business with Ai Hanmi Katatedori Ikkyo Omote and Ura respectively before 'handing over' the rest of the session to Rex Sempai who took us through the following:

-Kokyu Ho Kokyu Dosa which was in a much different level to what we are used to and which taught me the importance of correct breathing and the use of the hips.

He demonstrated Kokyu Ho Kokyu Dosa with two Uke one pushing behind and the other holding Nage's wrists and he explained to us that it is all about 'putting everything inside',in other words avoiding leaning too forward as the Uke pusing behind would collapse on Nage and at the same time ensuring that Nage does not loose focus of the Uke infront holding his wrists.

Talk about practising Aikido on a whole new level!

-Ryote Dori Kokyu Nage which he demonstrated in various ways and once again the use of Uke's momentum was of great importance.

Rex Sempai pointed out a fact that I have never though about before:"It is not about hurting or beating Uke but it is all about how Nage feels when executing a technique".His years of training at the Hombu dojo were quite evident from the way he explained and executed the moves.

ATTENDANCE LIST:

-ROMERO Rex

-UOZAWA Naoki

-AREBA Daniel

-KIYAGA Ben

-AGUTA Onsando

-OBWAYA Richard

-OGUTU Dennis

-LALA Mohseen

-MICHUKI Leon

-MUTHII Joshua

-OLE KIMINTA Edwards

-MALIKA Patrick

-NJOROGE Walter

-MWAKIO Sammy

NEXT SESSION: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12 @ THE JICC CONFERENCE ROOM

Tuesday, November 5, 2013 session at the JICC conference room

Before going any further I would wish to congratulate those who took part in the Aikido demonstration last Saturday.Unfortunately I could not make it due to several reasons but all in all thanks to all who made it because they have just made Nairobi Aikikai Association
Kshs 8,000 richer!

Furthermore, a big welcome to Rex who guided us through the warm up in Tuesday's session.Rex is a native of Philippines but has lived in Japan for the last ten years and to add the icing on the cake,he is a Sandan in Aikido! He is in Nairobi for a couple of weeks or so for business.Karibu Rex!

After the warm up,Daniel Sempai took us through the following attacks/techniques:

-Katatedori Kokyu Ho.

-Ryote Dori Kokyu Nage.

-Ryo Kata Dori Kokyu Nage.

-Shomen Uchi Kata Gatame.

-Yonyo Omote through the opening of Uchi Kaiten Nage.

-Kata Dori Nikyo(Omote & Ura respectively).

ATTENDANCE LIST:

-Rex

-AREBA Daniel

-KIBE Jason

-OBWAYA Richard

-OGUTU Dennis

-LALA Mohseen

-MICHUKI Leon

-OLE KIMINTA Edwards

-NJOROGE Walter

-MALIKA Patrick

-MWAKIO Sammy

NEXT SESSION:FRIDAY,NOVEMBER 8 @ THE JICC MULTIPURPOSE HALL