Kyu Test
I had my first kyu test at my new dojo. The techniques were:
I really dislike irimi-nage, and this dojo does a lot of it. It's Steven Seagal's signature technique (see the film here, especially the parts where he does irimi-nage after irimi-nage - it's the move where it looks like he's clothes-lining his partner), which is fine for him because he's over 6 feet tall and spent much of his time training with shorter Japanese ukes, but it's tough to do it properly on someone taller than you are.
In other news, my nephew is enamoured of speaking on the phone. Well, actually just listening on the phone and getting upset when the caller has to hang up, according to my sister. Too bad she doesn't live here, where we have Dial-A-Story.
Here is another picture of him, inserted gratuitously.
And for no reason at all, except that she sent me the picture recently, here is my pal H"W"B and family.
- Gyaku-hanmi Katate-tori Sumi-otoshi
- Ai-hanmi Katate-tori Ikkyo (Omote/ura)
- Ai-hanmi Katate-tori Irimi-nage
- Gyaku-hanmi Katate-tori Shihonage (Omote/ura)
- Gyaku-hanmi Katate-tori Kokyunage (uchi mawari)
I really dislike irimi-nage, and this dojo does a lot of it. It's Steven Seagal's signature technique (see the film here, especially the parts where he does irimi-nage after irimi-nage - it's the move where it looks like he's clothes-lining his partner), which is fine for him because he's over 6 feet tall and spent much of his time training with shorter Japanese ukes, but it's tough to do it properly on someone taller than you are.
In other news, my nephew is enamoured of speaking on the phone. Well, actually just listening on the phone and getting upset when the caller has to hang up, according to my sister. Too bad she doesn't live here, where we have Dial-A-Story.
Here is another picture of him, inserted gratuitously.
And for no reason at all, except that she sent me the picture recently, here is my pal H"W"B and family.
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5:57 AM
