Judo adventures 3.86

[yuuago]

Attending: Me, M1, C, Eth, Ed. T-sensei instructing.

This class was all kata. We normally don't do kata, but T-sensei wants to include it in the Saturday classes now that competition season is over. So, now it's going to be kata + curriculum review.

I think he might continue that over the summer as well, though I'm not sure.

I'm not going to be able to remember most of the details right off the bat, but that's okay. It will take time, because we don't cover this stuff much. He did mention that if we remember one thing, it should be that you step with your left foot first.

Today we worked on kata form of uki-otoshi and seoinage. We don't use uki-otoshi much in everyday, and the style of seoinage is different (though principle is the same). It's all very measured, very deliberate movements.

I found the International Judo Federation nage no kata textbook here; I will have to download it and look through it later. It has photographs and everything; I think it might end up being very useful.

Since kata is less strenuous than a regular class, I think I might look into scheduling trainer sessions for Saturday afternoons. We'll see. I mean, if we are doing kata, then I will need to do extra exercise to make up for it anyway. But I don't know, my weekends are pretty busy as it is and I have so many things I want to do in June... Hmm.