Second verse, same as the first.
Jun. 17th, 2004 01:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
serindeClaire's still on vacation, so I went to aikido for lunch today; happy joy, I caught one of Yamada-sensei's classes. It was all stuff from morotedori (that's uke grabbing one of nage's wrists with both hands), which was a nice change as we'd been the all-yokomenuchi (flat snap #1 to you SCA types) channel this week. I was starting to overheat by the end of class--not seriously, just beginning to enter the spaced-out and headachy zone--but came through reasonably well.
It's been awhile since I've had any hassle with ordinary forward rolls (barring trouble from injuries), that is, ones where your arm is going down first, to take the initial impact and guide the rest of your body. I've learned to trust my arm. So far, so good. However, there are several throws which involve your hands being still attached to the other guy, so you land on your shoulder first. I have not learned to trust my shoulder; it generates the "OMG I'm going to land on my neck and die OMG OMG" reaction I used to have to everything. Not too many techniques, proportionately speaking, don't let you get your arm down, but we spent a considerable proportion of class today on jyujigarame, whereat nage has uke's wrists held and his arms in a plus shape at the elbow (it's also a good way to break both arms simultaneously, FYI, and you could do it without meaning to if you aren't careful), and throws him forward. Well, there's no arm going down there when the other guy has your wrists held, so.
I was sick of coming it the terror bunny whenever this sort of throw was on the menu, and determined to stop putting off dealing with the problem. Easier said than done, naturally, and I have no illusions that this is going to be solved in one session. But progress was definitely made. Also, my shoulder aches a bit from a few muffed landings (if you are determined just to fall instead of roll, you can do that; but if you are going to roll and then wuss out midway through, that's good for a nice hard THUD).
Mood-wise, I'm sort of a pale high-level overcast yet, but this is better than where I was earlier; and I am mildly pleased with today's progress.
It's been awhile since I've had any hassle with ordinary forward rolls (barring trouble from injuries), that is, ones where your arm is going down first, to take the initial impact and guide the rest of your body. I've learned to trust my arm. So far, so good. However, there are several throws which involve your hands being still attached to the other guy, so you land on your shoulder first. I have not learned to trust my shoulder; it generates the "OMG I'm going to land on my neck and die OMG OMG" reaction I used to have to everything. Not too many techniques, proportionately speaking, don't let you get your arm down, but we spent a considerable proportion of class today on jyujigarame, whereat nage has uke's wrists held and his arms in a plus shape at the elbow (it's also a good way to break both arms simultaneously, FYI, and you could do it without meaning to if you aren't careful), and throws him forward. Well, there's no arm going down there when the other guy has your wrists held, so.
I was sick of coming it the terror bunny whenever this sort of throw was on the menu, and determined to stop putting off dealing with the problem. Easier said than done, naturally, and I have no illusions that this is going to be solved in one session. But progress was definitely made. Also, my shoulder aches a bit from a few muffed landings (if you are determined just to fall instead of roll, you can do that; but if you are going to roll and then wuss out midway through, that's good for a nice hard THUD).
Mood-wise, I'm sort of a pale high-level overcast yet, but this is better than where I was earlier; and I am mildly pleased with today's progress.
