The Martial Artists' Training Log

[DarthPenguin]

Excellent - glad to hear you are able to get back into it

[bushido_man96]

6/12/2025

Aikido:  8:45 - 9:45 am.  I did some front and back rolls today, and it didn't affect me too negatively.  Hopefully, it's something I can do more of going forward.

Shomenuchi iriminage:  Good motivation on the striking arm.  I had too much weight on the front foot upon entry, and it caused me to have to take an extra step to perform the tenkan turn.  I tried to focus on keeping the weight back more.  On the motivation, I need to focus more on a horizontal motivation as opposed to pulling down on the arm so much.

Shomenuchi kokyunage:  This one went ok.  It's definitely more direct.  I could probably keep my center dropped a bit better.

I worked on a proper side fall for both of these techniques when I was uke.  After working these two techniques for a while, we took attacks and had to pick one of them to do on the fly without letting uke know what was coming.

[bushido_man96]

6/16/2025

Aikido:  8:45 - 9:45 am.  Morning family class.  Went through aikitaisos, but didn't do any rolling.

Katatetori shionage static ura:  I kept leaning back when turning and raising the arm; I need to focus on sitting more.

Katatetori shionage static omote:  Need to step rear leg across first, turn hips when stepping other foot in front to affect release.  

Katatetori shionage dynamic, omote and ura:  Same points on the leaning back.  I also worked on trying to do the proper side bread fall out if it as uke.

Katatori nikkyo static w/o pin:  Proper footwork and drag step for good angle, and turn the hips through.

Stretch.

[bushido_man96]

6/19/2025

Aikido:  8:45 - 9:45 am.  Morning family class.  Aikitaisos, front break falls, front rolls, back rolls.  These didn't affect me negatively all that much, which is a good sign.

Shomenuchi iriminage:  We started off working the entry to transition spot.  I managed to get popped in the nose by a new, really raw student while being uke.  When working on the right side, I felt like I was behind on everything.  Like I wasn't catching up.  Didn't feel that on the other side.  After working that a while, we transitioned the technique into a rear naked choke.  It's a really good entry for that.

After that, I got to demo again.  I was feeling the same issue when doing iriminage.  For nikkyo, I needed to finish differently, but I got it figured out.  I also managed to keep the ura in the ura nikkyo.  Shionage felt rough; I was caught doing static quite a bit, but got to work it out later.  I'll have one more review day and then will likely test.

[bushido_man96]

6/23/2025

Aikido:  8:45 - 9:45 am.  Morning family class.

Katate kosatori kokyunage ura (dynamic):  (6th kyu technique)  Nice review on this.  I need to remember to point my elbow down for kazushi.

Katatori nikkyo, static and dynamic, omote:  I felt like I wasn't doing something right, but can't put my finger on what exactly.  Just felt off.

We did a different version of shionage, with a different grab and entry.  I still need to clean this technique up.  I did kata work on this technique after class, and the problem is likely my footwork.

Demo:  Another demo in preparation for testing.  Sensei called out the technique to be performed, and then uke would attack.  I kept mixing up iriminage and kokyunage again.

Yokomenuchi shionage:  still working on the footwork.

Stretch.

[bushido_man96]

6/26/2025

Aikido:  8:45 - 9:45 am.  Morning family class.

Shomenuchi ikkyo omote (5th kyu technique):  We worked the defensive motion first, stopping and offsetting the strike, then cutting to ikkyo.

Then I did a quick review aside from the rest of the class with one of the shodans.  After the technique review, I tested.  Sensei said it was a clean test and I passed.  On my first kokyunage I still did an iriminage.  I kind of chuckled about it and later on Sensei told me he thought it was good that I could laugh at myself and remain relaxed in the moment.  I told him I thought it maybe looked like I lost my composure, but he stated he did not think that was the case.  Some of uke's attacks came in differently than what was prescribed for the techniques, but I was able to adjust and get to the technique.  Ki tests for structure at the start of testing went well.  It felt good to finally get this testing done.

 

Range Training:  1:00 - 3:00 pm.  We spent this session shooting at moving targets with pistol, rifle, and doing some transitions as well.  We did the drills on the line and using cover.

[sensei8]

How many years as a LEO?? 

[bushido_man96]

On 7/6/2025 at 6:05 PM, sensei8 said:

How many years as a LEO?? 

19 this May.

6/30/2025

Aikido:  8:45 - 9:45 am.  Family morning class.  We did aikitaisos on our own, then got right into technique work.

Katatori ikkyo ura:  Did this to stretch instead of takedown.  I need to turn my hips with the wrist, then step deep behind for the ura spin, and while doing the C-step, don't cut back into them, but more away while staying connected to the hips with the belt knot circling away from them.  This is a 7th kyu technique.

Katatori sankyo (variation on 5th kyu technique):  done from ikkyo omote (entry from above technique).  After the cut, the foot that stepped front stance draws back in line like a back stance, then the remaining foot draws back, transition to sankyo.  Then we added the cut down which leads to the finish.

Katatori gokyo from ikkyo omote:  Same entry again, front stance foot adjusts closer to uke to apply arm bar, keeping wrist pressure.  Other foot adjusts like a back stance, then rear foot angle steps forward and toward uke a bit, turn belt knot toward uke slightly for lock.

These all worked together well as a series, each feeding of the same entry.  It was fun seeing the applications of various finishes based on the stepping and spacing after the initial entry.  It's cool to see all the options.