Keiko program 2016-04-30

• Part I
  • Sword movements - with Bokken
    1. free
    2. varying amplitude while moving across the room
    3. opening the room, cutting through the walls, the floor, and ceiling
  • Forms - individual, with Bokken
    1. Jodan - top-down diagonal
    2. Chudan - horizontal
    3. Gedan - bottom-up diagonal
    4. Kiri Komi - cutting by pushing (no pushing)
    5. Kiri Harai - cutting by pulling (no pulling)
  • Tenso / Shoko - individual, with Bokken
    1. On the same spot
    2. Opening Tenso in one step, then Shoko cutting ceiling all the way to the horizon
    3. Opening Tenso while advancing to middle of the room, then Shoko cutting through other half
    4. All in one movement
  • Chudan Kiri Komi - individual, with Bokken
    • Same as Shoko / Tenso above
  • Dai Jodan vs. Chudan Kiri Komi - partner exercise, with Bokken
    1. Starting with Chudan already opened
    2. Starting both from Shoko
• Water break
• Part II
  • Jumping exercise w/ partner
    1. Tachi jump up and down
    2. Tachi jump w/ leader varying intentions - looking right, left, going down, etc.
    3. Meiso jump
  • Hikari w/ partner
    1. Soft, same feeling as above, but moving feet freely
    2. with leader exploring Mae, Yoko, Ushiro and Sagari irimi
  • Eiko Dai - walking instead of running
  • Wakame Taiso w/ partner
  • TSGS w/ partner
• Closing