Judo adventures 3.44

[yuuago]

Attending: Me, M1, C, Eth, Ed, G, No, Kir, Ma & Jo & Ge. Tn-sensei instructing, Ry-sensei and J-sensei assisting.

Today was mostly a conditioning day, because there is a competition on the weekend. We started off with uchikomi etc. I partnered with Ed, who has been doing really well lately.

Then TN-sensei showed us a technique for turning things around when someone is pushing you. If they are pushing at the lapel, you can twist your wrist and pull the sleeve down, then shove it up and go in for an ippon-seoinage. Or - and this is my preferred option - you can step to the right and simultaneously drag their sleeve down; this will make their hand slide off your body. And that way you can go in for a tai-otoshi or a harai-goshi or an uchimata or something.

Randori after that. I worked on some technique with J-sensei for a bit. That's all.

I ended up feeling very tired; the activity took a lot out of me, even though it shouldn't have.