Koryu Dai Ichi


Section I Suwariwaza (5 techniques)

Oshitaoshi - with sen sen no sen (tori initiates)
Tentai oshitaoshi - go no sen, cycling backwards
Tekubi-osae - lock the arm to the body
Ryote-mochi (two-hand grab) sumiotoshi
Ryote-mochi (two-hand grab) sukuinage

Section II Release 1 (7 techniques)

the second set is all about release 1. the set starts with katatedori oshitaoshi 
but I like to practice it with uke strong and stable so that tori gets to practice 
that "kuzushi-weaving" idea that mac and henry were always talking about. 
that is, the ability to seamlessly change directions by 90 or 180 degrees. 
this has the effect of almost programming uke to resist inappropriately so that the 
technique is easier for tori. the first technique involves changing directions from 
across the arm (like release#1) to backing away, then change from backing away to 
entering.

the second technique, tenkai oshitaoshi, involves changing from entering across uke's arm 
to tenkan with force applied along the length of uke's arm.

the third technique involves changing from release 1 in the x-y plane to 
tenkai kotehineri in the z-axis.

the fourth involves uke interfering with your r1 by grabbing your elbow, 
which allows you to switch from R1 on one arm to kote mawashi on the other arm.

the fifth involves uke interfering by grabbing your collar. you duck your head 
under the arm, switching from R1 to kotegaeshi on the same arm.

the next involves switching from R1 to R2 to kotegaeshi.

and the last involves switching from R1 to R5 to maeotoshi.

so it is basically a set of things that happen in release#1 when uke interferes 
in different ways.


Section III Release 2 (6 techniques)

the next set is all about release 2. most of the techniques are variations of release#2 
into shihonage. 

the first 4 techniques are R2 into shihonage, 
hijikime, 
sukuinage, 
and an awesome, cool, evil backwards shihonage that gets lots of air under uke.

the fifth technique of this set is R2 to iriminage

the sixth technique is R4 to R2 to iriminage


Section IV Ryotedori (6 techniques)

the last set of ichikata is all about ryotedori. This material is repeated in gokata 
and we've done several clinics in the past few years with henry on gokata. this ryotedori 
material also brings in the ideas from owaza jupon, making it really interesting to me.

the first is tenchinage, 
then a 2-handed sumiotoshi, 
then a shizumiotoshi, 
then a shihonage, 
then something like a large hikiotoshi 
and finally a large ushirowaza maeotoshi.


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Patrick Parker
www.mokurendojo.com