Present: Me, Herb, Mike F, Mark, Alex, Jeff P.

Mike did a brief lesson on ayumi-ashi (normal walking), tsugi-ashi ("kata style" walking), and tai-sabaki (body control). We did some moving uchikomi with these stepping patterns.

Mike took Mark and Alex off and did some ne-waza randori, while Herb, Jeff, and I worked on kata.

Things to remember:

• Ippon-seoi-nage: uke's arm should be in the crook of tori's elbow, not across the shoulder. This will reduce the threat of uke strangling tori.
• Kata-guruma: on the second step, tori's sleeve-side hand should be starting the arc.

I should sit down and watch the video again, straight through.

After kata, I went and did some groundwork with Mark and Alex. Note to self: give them this URL on Wednesday, and maybe they can start their own training diaries, if they want to.

Minor injury: I think I bruised my calf muscle. I remember banging it on someone's bony knee, but I think I must've done something more to it during randori. Getting better now (it's Tuesday morning as I write this), so I don't think it's all that serious.