職場で患者さんのお風呂を介助することがある。私はお風呂介助係が好きだ。看護は難しい、患者さんが必ずしも嬉しいことではない。しかしお風呂は結構な確率で（お風呂が嫌いな患者さんももちろんおられるが）喜ばれる。病気や怪我をすると、お風呂がそう簡単に入れなくなる。しかしそこは看護師の分析と工夫でお風呂に入れる。これは喜ばれる。どんなに認知症を患われている方も、このお湯をかけるというコミュニケーションは、まるで手を握るというコミュニケーションのように、意味や伝達はなくても伝わる。それは温もりと揺れなんだろう。人間の温もりと揺れだ。それは圧倒的手当なんだと思う。
遊び稽古
１体操
２杖になれる
３ ２５の杖
４横面打ち
本稽古
１合気体操
２足捌き
３受け身
４横面打ち（杖を使って）
５横面打ち一教表
６横面打ち四方投げ
７横面打ち入身投げ
８横面打ち小手返し
今日は久しぶりに横面打ちをしたので、せっかくなので「後ろ転換」について学んだ。後ろ転換を理解することは転換を違う角度から理解することに繋がる。後ろ転換も転換もした後の重心が大切だ。重心のコントロールと相手の導きはとても深く関係している。
At work, I sometimes help patients take a bath.
I enjoy being assigned to bathing assistance. Nursing is not always easy. The things we do are not necessarily pleasant for patients. Bathing, however, is often different. Of course, some patients dislike baths, but more often than not, people are happy to be able to bathe.
When illness or injury strikes, something as ordinary as taking a bath can suddenly become difficult. Yet through a nurse’s assessment, creativity, and support, many patients can bathe again. And that is something people truly appreciate.
Even for those living with dementia, the act of pouring warm water over someone can become a form of communication. It is much like holding a person’s hand. Words, meaning, and explanation may not be necessary, yet something is still conveyed.
Perhaps it is warmth.
Perhaps it is gentle movement.
The warmth and movement of another human being.
To me, that is caregiving in its purest form.
Play Practice
- Exercises
- Becoming familiar with the jo (wooden staff)
- The 25 Jo Kata
- Yokomen-uchi
Main Practice
- Aiki exercises
- Footwork
- Ukemi (falling techniques)
- Yokomen-uchi using the jo
- Yokomen-uchi Ikkyo Omote
- Yokomen-uchi Shiho-nage
- Yokomen-uchi Irimi-nage
- Yokomen-uchi Kote-gaeshi
Since it had been a while since we practiced yokomen-uchi, we took the opportunity to study the concept of the “rear tenkan” movement.
Understanding rear tenkan allows us to understand tenkan itself from a different perspective. In both movements, what matters most is the position of the center of gravity after the turn.
Control of one’s center and the ability to guide one’s partner are deeply connected.
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