Alan's class

Just MJ and myself.

Alan started with a modified tai no henko (katadori grab, place arm on top of the uke, sweep while entering, tenkan). I started out trying to muscle the sweep, and that worked with MJ, but not with Alan. The more relaxed and dead my arm was, the more effective it was.

The rest of the class was all about katadori techniques. Suwari waza ikkyo and nikyo, tachi waza ikkyo/nikyo/sankyo and kokyo ho (the kokyo ho had an irimi entry, not a tenkan). The katadori nikyo technique was classic Chiba Sensei and not the way that Jaime was training us on Sundays. The omote version, you cradle the elbow in the back hand and hold the hand in the forward hand, bend at the waist. Much simpler and very effective. Sankyo is also more effective from katadori- you have more leverage when holding the hand to your shoulder as compared to in front of your body.

Working on my rolls- trying to keep my arm curved. It's better, but I'm still collapsing. Working on my back falls- trying to go over like a wave and let go.