2022 Kagami Biraki with Mick Cipra – Vids

Friday Class
1-02 hanmi handachi Kaitenage 8 ways 0:48

1-03 AiHanmi Katatetori Nikkyo 0:41

1-04 ushiro tekubitori kokyunage 1:03

1-05 ushiro tekubitori ude keminage or kokyunage 0:54

1-06 thru 1-11 jo tori series (6 ways) 5:57

Jo Tori from tsuki attacks
Alternating attacks from open and closed sides
00:18 1.06 open side – arms interlaced, juji nage, jo goes below uke’s leading arm crossing it
01:20 1.07 closed side – nage grabs above uke’s hands, mai ukemi
02:13 1.08 open side – arms interlaced using a sort of ikkyo start, jo goes above uke’s arm
03:21 1.09 closed side – nage’s trailing arm goes between uke’s, ushiro ukemi
04:01 1.10 open side – arms interlaced, shihonage
04:01 1.11 closed side – arms interlaced from behind, mai ukemi
1-12 thru 1-15 6 step syncopated kumi jo 7:13

@00:00 intro and demonstration of the kumi jo
@00:42 the block/strike at step 4 to 4.5
@02:02 going through the 6 steps as a kata
@04:15 the kumi jo with high strikes/blocks
@04:59 the kumi jo with low strikes/blocks
@05:45 the kumi jo with nage’s choice strikes/blocks
Saturday Morning Class
2-01 kokyu dosa 1:48

2-02 morotetori backstretch exercise 0:56

2-03 katatetori shihonage 1:24

2-04 shomenuchi iriminage 1:10

2-05 shomenuchi ikkyo 2:51

2-06 tsuki kotegaeshi 2:26

2-07 ryotetori tenchinage (heaven and earth throw) 1:45

2-08 ushiro tekubitori kotegaeshi 2:08

2-09 ushiro tekubitori kotegaeshi 1:37

2-10 ushiro tekubitori kokyunage (surprise ushiro ukemi) 1:24

Saturday Afternoon
3-01 suwari waza shomenuchi iriminage 0:38

3-02 katatetori kokyunage soto 0:45
3-03 morotetori udekeminage 0:52
3-04 morotetori kokyunage - step across front and sink to knees 0:55
3-05 morotetori jujinage 1:19
3-06 morotetori morotetori kokyunage with nikkyo start 1:04
3-07 shomenuchi kaitenage omote 0:45
3-08 shomenuchi kokyunage cross behind back with rowing exercise motion 1:04
3-09 ude garuma otoshi or nage from shomenuchi ikkyo 1:14
3-10 shomenuchi kokyunage direct entry 1:23
Sunday - Internals
Our regular internals class on Sunday focuses on ways (visualizations, exercises, practical appliccations) to try to engage the fascia of your body in our movements to make them more efficient and effective. These exercises are a few of the exercises we do in that class.
4-01 Internals Class - 'Pulling silk' exercise 4:21
This exercise is to identify and engage the various axes of the body.
4-02 Internals Class - Leg fascia movement, winding exercise 4:28
From our regular Sunday internals class, these two exercises are an attempt to engage the facia along with the muscles that we so often focus on.
4-03 Internals Class - the 'form' 3:34
From our regular Sunday internals class “the form” is 6 step movement form that runs through various movements we regularly use in Aikido, but focuses on small movements that engage the fascia and focus on correct balance.
4-04 Internals Class - leg tripod visualization
From our regular Sunday internals class this exercise focuses on anchoring you to the floor against resistance supplied by a partner.
4-05 Internals Class - maintaining balance against resistance 2:19
From our regular Sunday internals class this exercise focuses on maintaining balance against random resistance supplied by one or more partners
4-06 Internals Class - dragon walking 2:05
From our regular Sunday internals class this exercise visualizes walking very deliberately
4-07 Internals Class - dragon walking against resistance 1:09
From our regular Sunday internals class this exercise visualizes walking very deliberately against a resistance supplied by a partner.
4-08 Internals Class - torso front/back resistance 1:08
From our Sunday internals class focuses on rotating around your center, moving to negate resistance supplied by a partner.

Sunday - Application of Internals
5-01 Kokyunage using step 1 of form - rotating around your body axis 1:52
Uses step 1 of the form.
5-02 Morotetori Kokyunage with dragon stepping 1:32
5-03 katatetori kokyunage 1:02
5-04 shomenuchi ikkyo and irimnage 1:34
5-05 henka waza yokomenuchi shihonage to kotegaeshi to nikkyo 1:14
5-06 yokomenuchi multiple responses 1:07

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