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Waza

• Yokomenuchi
  
• Katatedori
  
• Ushirotekubidori
  
• Shomenuchi
  
• Munatsuki
  
• Tantodori
  
• Bokkendori (aka tachidori)
  
• Kengi 1 & 2
• Jogi 1 & 2
• Taninzugake
  
• Kitei taigi
  
• Taigi 1 (katatedori)
  
• Taigi 9 (shomenuchi)
• Taigi 11 (katatedori)
  
• Taigi 13 (yokomenuchi)
• Taigi 14 (katatori)
• 1 kyu grading waza
• 2 kyu grading waza
  
• 3 kyu grading waza
• 4 kyu grading waza
  
• 5 kyu grading waza
• Aiki taiso
• Oneness rhythm exercises
  

Overall

Overall

• A breath or two in kokyu-ho, and maintain that state of mind
• Keep face up: look forward, keep field of view wide
  
• After throw, a moment in seishi ("shinn"), then take maai quickly
  

Yokomenuchi

• Shiho nage
• Makikomi
• 8 no ji
• Koteoroshi
• Zenpo nage

Alternatives

• Kokyu nage irimi
• Kokyu nage juji
• Kokyu nage atemi
• Kokyu nage kirikaeshi
  

Overall

• Back about 2 mats diagonally on sagaru
• Hikitsuke front foot back
  
• Hands all the way to the bottom on catch: so that ukemi's arm follows its natural arc of movement from the shoulder without any interference
  

Yokomenuchi shiho nage irimi

• Ukemi finger tips to their shoulder on throw, to ensure not twisting elbow or shoulder

For taigi 13

• Irimi entry: exchange places with ukemi (turn in place)
  
• Hands all the way down (this is seishi, "down", providing point of rhythm)
• Turn and throw is one line of movement
  
• Throw with BOTH hands (this "down" is next point of rhythm)

From May 2008 practice

• Very slightly on the diagonal going back (measuring the angle by the square mat, from the upper right corner to the around the middle of the back), this depends on the attack being performed correctly: coming in straight, then to the side at the last moment only to avoid an atemi from the front
• Go forward as close as possible to ukemi
• Turn far enough that your partner falls naturally

Yokomenuchi kokyu nage makikomi

• Enter straight forward

From May 2008 practice

• On the catch, maintain seishi (constant motion although you appear to be stopped) so as not to interfere with the arc of ukemi's strike
• Rather than wrapping your partner's arm around their neck, send it straight up

Yokomenuchi kokyu nage 8 no ji

• On bringing one arm back before tobikomi ("jump in [behind ukemi]") , arms are in relaxed yuminari ("bow-shaped") curve, rear hand is not higher than shoulder
• It helps to think of tobikomi as going straight forward, and ukemi will come into place naturally
  
• "Discard" ukemi's hand on the way down, as if tossing something lightly to the floor
  
• When doing udefuri waza bring hand down to thigh, don't bounce up. Consciousness of "down".

From May 2008 practice

• Seishi on the catch, as in makikomi
• Go as far forward as possible behind partner (we practice walking forward with cross-hand grab until you and your partner turn at the maximum extension of the arms); look forward, don't look at partner

Yokomenuchi koteoroshi enundo

As a series of up and down movements with the hands:

• left (guard) hand up (when ukemi strikes with right hand)
  
• right hand takes aite arm straight down
• left hand brings kote up
• right hand covers fingers and straight down on throw

For taigi 13:

• irimi entry
• don't go too far beyond ukemi (as if turning in place)
  
• look in direction of throw

From May 2008 practice

• Move far enough back so that you stay ahead of ukemi for the throw
• Face the way you are throwing