#embukai

[jkfukufan]

We held our annual school embukai yesterday - a lot of fun and good times with friends, great memories!

I just thought I was about to die when my rolling partner for my second demo didn’t show up until the last second. He had lost track of time... About four of us were ready to kill him on the spot. 

[jkfukufan]

And some action pics!

Shohei juku 2018 embudakai, Fukuoka, April 29, 2018

All pictures (c) Aldo Bloise - please don’t remove the credits.

[jkfukufan]

There I was! It was a long and busy day, but we wrapped it up successfully - nearly 300 participants from affiliated dojos all over Western Japan and overseas made an “embu” (demo) at the 31st annual embutaikai of our aikido school. Otsukaresama deshita! 

[jkfukufan]

Next stop after passing my exam: my very first embukai (public demo) at the end of April! There is no tournament in aikido, so an embukai is the closest thing to a public performance that we get to do.

And YES I’m both anxious and excited, and I really hope I won’t embarrass my uke. A fine gentleman and kind sempai, he told me I would do all the techniques. Maybe I’ll get to share a couple of pics once it’s done :)

[jkfukufan]

Training for our school’s embukai turns out to be an eye-opener. The learning curve is steeeeeeep! I signed up, full of confidence, also partially because my sempai offered to be uke to our techniques. He was kind enough to let me pick up all the techniques I wanted to do. Easy breezy... right?

OF COURSE NOT. Our demo takes place during the “foreigner embukai” part. And... the top foreigner sempai (another French friend of mine) has decided that we would all start with a coordinated demo. And on that, I’m uke. Easy, then? Nope! Because all techniques are hanmi handachi - uke standing, nage sitting... and I’ve trained on that like maybe once? or twice?

So I’m taking a crash course on learning on how to take the fall 1) safely, 2) in the right direction, 3) at the right speed... AND on how to strike  at the appropriate time with the right amount of speed/strength/angle on 5 different approaches. Cherry on the top of the cake, my official partner doesn’t train in my regular dojo and is busy with his moving. So I’m basically training with two other guys, and given how important timing, speed and coordination with the other pairs (we’re 14 doing that combination at the same time), the whole stuff is still a big WIP.

Oh well. It’s not like our grandmaster and all dojo instructors will be watching us. Or 500 people in the audience. No, nothing like that. Easy breezy...

[marcioaikido]

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