#groiners

[darrenletourneau]

Groiners and Pigeon Stretches - Dynamic Stretching

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[beauty-and-aikido]

Aikido Today

Alternative warm up held by senpai, including workout elements like running in push-up position and jumpups, groiners :) I am planning to get a jumping rope for the spring and exercise some more in the weekends in the fresh air. 

Then we split into two groups. The ones preparing for the exam to the back and we came to the front. I felt a bit sad again that I did not register for an exam. 

In the front we did kya waza until we dropped.

Then also from kya waza:

nikkyo

sumiotoshi

kote gaeshi

koshinage

Basically what we did in the front was also material for what would come on the 4th kyu exam, more or less. Just not from kya waza. However, this time sensei took a lot of time to explain kote gaeshi, and I think I understood it now once and for all. He was using the sandwich metaphore on how to first position the hands in order to get a beautiful kote gaeshi grab. I felt like he was sharing some kind of insider truth about the technique with us and I felt happy. He almost never explains, just shows, so this was a special moment. I hope my kote gaeshis will get better from this point on! Still not big friends with koshinage but it is getting better also :)

:) happy day!