今日は恒例の広島大学の１回生の授業を共に受けさせてもらう日だった。合気道の無経験者、さらに日本への留学生へウェルナー先生が授業を通じて合気道とはを説明していく。今回で私が参加させていただくのは4年目になるか。毎年先生の講義内容は違いまた新しい発見がある。同時にこれまでの経験から先生の伝えようとしていることの補助ができるといいと思っている。それは私の理解度の確認作業でもある。ウエルナー先生が帰国のために、今回が最後の講義になる。寂しいことは確かだ。しかし何も考えない。そのための稽古だ。
遊び稽古
１体操
２杖になれる
３２５の杖
本稽古
１合気体操
２足捌き
３相半身片手取り三教ストレッチ
４正面打ち入身投げ
５肩取り一教表
６肩取り面打ち四方投げ
７逆半身片手取り呼吸投げ
８多人数取り呼吸投げ
やはり少し前の稽古の流れを汲んでしまう。できる限り前の稽古と切り離して、今いる人のために稽古をしたいんだが、流石に頭が混乱したようだ。それは悪いことだけではない、その混乱の中で私は成長するんだろう。この混乱を乗り越えて、また合気道を脳が整理していくと信じて今日は休もう。明日からまた稽古だ。
Today was the annual occasion when I got to join a class for first-year students at Hiroshima University. Professor Werner teaches students who have no experience in Aikido, including international students studying in Japan, and introduces them to what Aikido is through his lessons.
I wonder if this is the fourth year I have had the opportunity to participate. His lectures are different every year, and I always discover something new. At the same time, I hope that I can use my experience so far to help reinforce what he is trying to communicate to the students. It is also a way for me to check how well I understand Aikido myself.
Since Professor Werner will be returning to Germany, this will be his last lecture. It is certainly sad. But I won’t dwell on it. That is what practice is for.
Playful practice
- Warm-up exercises
- Getting familiar with the jo
- The 25 jo kata
Regular practice
- Aiki exercises
- Footwork
- Ai-hanmi katate-dori sankyo stretching
- Shomen-uchi irimi-nage
- Kata-dori ikkyo omote
- Kata-dori men-uchi shiho-nage
- Gyaku-hanmi katate-dori kokyu-nage
- Multiple attackers: kokyu-nage
As I expected, I found myself carrying over the flow of the previous practice session. I want to separate each session from the one before it as much as possible and focus on the people who are actually there that day. But this time, my mind seems to have become rather confused.
That confusion is not necessarily a bad thing. Perhaps it is through this very confusion that I will grow. I believe that, once I work through it, my brain will gradually organize my understanding of Aikido again.
For tonight, I will rest.
Tomorrow, practice begins again.
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