aiki jujitsu

aiki jujitsu @ the academy of tae kwon do, led by ned. also there: hamlet, ed (observing), julian, joe
8-9pm

side falls (all the way on your side like you're watching tv!)
sutemi/ukemi (forward falls)
turning back falls
"upstemi" (forward rolls - don't barrel roll!)

worked on aiki ju jitsu #1 - self defense
white belt
1. RIGHT hook, LEFT hook SPIN - SAKOTSU
step just outside their right foot, block mid-forearm,
move hands to upper arms (left palm up on their tricep, right palm down on their bicep).
spin their arms.
knife hand to their neck.

2. RIGHT BLOW, block GANMEN SHUTO
uki attacks with a right hook.
tori blocks with an inside block.
tori grabs gi and steps through, extending uke's arm towards the floor.
deliver a knife-hand strike to the temple.

3. FRONT CHOKE, parry HAITO - CROSS SHUTO
step to the left side, and parry/brush their arms to the right (consider an upward parry with the elbow).
ridge hand to gut (TUCK THAT THUMB!).
followed by outside side of hand strike to the neck.

4. ATT. HEADLOCK SAKOTSU
before he gets a headlock, point your forehead to his ribs, step out while extending his arm.
after escaping the headlock, keep hold of his wrist, downward.
strike back of neck.

5. CLUB, juji uke ARMBREAK - SAKOTSU
enemy strikes downward towards you.
rush in "like you're a fish, and he's a fly fisherman"
dead-stop his attack while he's at the top of his strike, with a cross hand block.
grab his right wrist and pull it out and down while stepping backward 90° with your right foot.
pull wrist upward with right hand while striking elbow with a left-handed hammer strike (left hand starts at left ear).
maintain left hand on his right arm, while striking back of neck with right hand.