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serindeAnd once again, all it takes is a good class to bring my mood back 'round. I am stable! Am, am, AM!!1!
Ahem.
For most of class we were just doing straight-up ikkyo (omote & ura) from a cross-hand grab. Boring. Hal even said, "I know this is boring, but it's important", which is of course true; it's one of those things where you have to be pretty precise in what you're doing, or you will be a very sad puppy. Towards the end we did some interesting variations, including a hinky little number where you sort of twirl underneath uke's arm and then convert to kotegashi. I lurved it--it made perfect sense to me--and it came very easily; so I was full of Extra Gratification when there was locker room discussion about how difficult it was. Go Me.
One slight downside: we did throws at the end, and my leg twinged. Not horribly, but enough to throw me off and make me too cautious for the rest of the technique (i.e., I therefore rolled incorrectly to spare my leg, which means I was hurting everything else). I am hoping this was just an anomaly.
Ahem.
For most of class we were just doing straight-up ikkyo (omote & ura) from a cross-hand grab. Boring. Hal even said, "I know this is boring, but it's important", which is of course true; it's one of those things where you have to be pretty precise in what you're doing, or you will be a very sad puppy. Towards the end we did some interesting variations, including a hinky little number where you sort of twirl underneath uke's arm and then convert to kotegashi. I lurved it--it made perfect sense to me--and it came very easily; so I was full of Extra Gratification when there was locker room discussion about how difficult it was. Go Me.
One slight downside: we did throws at the end, and my leg twinged. Not horribly, but enough to throw me off and make me too cautious for the rest of the technique (i.e., I therefore rolled incorrectly to spare my leg, which means I was hurting everything else). I am hoping this was just an anomaly.
