Judo adventures 4.41

[yuuago]

Attending: Me, M1, C, Eth, Mo, G, Ve, Ka, Br, Ed. TN-sensei instructing, T-sensei assisting.

It was nice to see T-sensei; I hadn't expected him in this class.

Today was standard class - uchikomi etc. No new material covered. I partnered with M1.

We did do a new drill; you do 2 20-second sessions of uchikomi breathing normally, then 2 sessions holding your breath, and then 5 throws. And then the other person does the same. It's very tricky. I'm not a fan but I can see why it would be effective.

Little bit of randori at the end.

Mom said that I seem less interested in judo lately. I think what I need is something I'm not going to get. I need more time to practice breakfalls - there is no room to do it properly during a regular class, and we don't spent a lot of time on correcting them. I need more direct focus on that, and also form for uchikomi.

Theoretically I might be able to get that in the Saturday class, but I don't want to go to the Saturday class.

It also doesn't help that there are not very many adults - there is only M1, and he is twice my size. So I don't really have a suitable partner.

I guess right now I'm a little frustrated, but there is always the possibility that things might change in the future.