Valentines Fellowship Seminar

So I am a little behind this week, I was reminded how old I was after participating at the Valentines Fellowship Seminar hosted by Aikido Omaha.  It was a great time practicing with those I haven't seen in a while and to gain new perspectives on techniques shared by so many awesome instructors.  I tried to take video of every session and will try and intermix them over the next couple of weeks as we continue to work on the concept of Randori, multiple attackers.

Kata-tori Men-uchi - Two attacks in one

Again following the assumption that someone will not just stay in one place if there are multiple people try to attack them, the attacker will try and incorporate some kind of grab so they know where they are. So this week we are going to transition from a two handed grab to a single handed grab with a strike.  There are many different ways the strike could happen, but for practicing we are going to focus on an over hand strike to the head. (which is also conveniently on an upcoming test)

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​​Definition
Kata-tori Men-uchi is a combination of two attacks: kat-tdori and sho-men-uchi. Uke grabs Nagei by the shoulder, and immediately follows up with a shomenuchi strike, a strike to the top of the head. Since the initial attack is katadori, the relation between Uke and Nage is that of gyaku-hanmi, so that if one has the left foot forward, then the other has right foot forward.  

Breakdown 
Kata - Shoulders
Tori - to grab, hold, take, pick. 
Men - Top of head
Uchi - to hit

Pronunciation
Kah-tah-doh-ree Men-Oo-Chee