Takasago: Class with Takemura

Takemura sensei is coming to Norway for the annual summer camp The class today was super. We did a few sitting techniques that i found quite difficult, but fun. We seem to be doing morote dori (two hands grip one hand) a lot here and it is fun to learn how to deal with the extra hand that is also gripping you. If you are going to do aikido in Japan, please remember to bring some kind of protection for your knees. Sitting Iriminage was just great. What I have noticed that many people here is very good at is pushing without using force. They use their tanden("belly") to push from. This really makes a huge difference when sitting and doing kokyu ho.

Inside Takasago Dojo


Later today there is a class with Suganuma sensei at Fukuoka Dojo