Below are some of the notes that I remember.
1. Shomen-ate: question - should aim the attack directly to chin or from chest to chin?
2. Aigamae-ate : swing back leg, open hip, then I can face uke, position both hands in my center
3. Gyakugamae-ate: meet uke's grab, avoid collision.
4. Ushiro-ate: tough one for me, uke seems to run away from me. Robert pointed out that I can catch up with Uke a bit by doing extra shuffle step, don't let uke get passed me too much.
5. Oshitaoshi: top hand should come down on uke's back hand, you should grab the meaty palm with mawashi grib as soon as my hand being grabbed.
6. Hikitaoshi: I did horribly on this one. One of the tips from Tim is once move to the weak line, need to swing the back leg, thus open and twist the hip, which will create kuzushi, then immediately drop. I think it is important to step and swing the back leg, that way hip will be opened much sooner. Fish the uke a bit will break the balance easier.
7. Udehineri: once I have uke bend over, immediately i should start to do the next, don't wait. The comment was had too long pause.
8. Wakigatame: lower my center by lower the elbow not by bending over. this can only observed by a third person, thanks Tim and Robert! Connect hip with the pushing hand, then drive the hip to push uke's hand to his weak line, very effective if done correctly to me. A lot of time I felt not able to move uke, that is because not using my hip to drive them.
9. Hikiotoshi: another weak one, after extensive trial run and discussion, we discovered that I am missing the leg swing again which allows the hip to be opened, which will enable connection much easier and sooner. Basically I need to do shuffle steps before I got the hand blade up, after the blade up, two hands connect to uke with un-corrupted sturcture, then swing back leg to create the second kuzushi, drop immediately
I have some additional notes from RMR seminar in Denver back in Feb, post below.
1. Shomen-ate cross hand grab: turn palm over and drop slightly with dead wrist, stick to uke's belt, make him stuck, then slide up turn blade, push and drop.
2. Ushiro-ate cross hand grab: first it is jodan kuzushi, then drop. Why is it not gedan kuzushi?
3. Ushiro-ate mirror hand grab: it is a different application of hikitaoshi, elbow bend.
4. Wakigatame: think about pushing uke's hand, not pulling.
Two handed practice:
1. Ushiro-ate: kimay first, cross feet, drop wrist and switch hand.
2. Aigamae-ate: left hand go deep, breaks balance, bring uke to your side, makes right hand easier. Tori can kneel down if needed, but two hands in center.
3. Gyakugamae-ate: flip plam side up, then tasakbaki the same time
4. Oshitaoshi: Once had the initial kuzushi, need to keep it all time, control elbow. When moving forward, right foot step side way is ok, use idoyoku moving sideway, then step the other foot to take uke's place.
