But, as everyone points out, it's good to get in some face time.

Present: Kaya, Darcy, Mike F, Kyle, Brett, Brandi (sp?), Ashleigh (sp?), and of course Yours Truly.

Darcy led us in a common warm-up. Then I worked with Kyle and Brett, both of whom had some minimal exposure to throwing and grappling, while Mike worked with Kaya on some throws, and Darcy worked with Ashleigh and Brandi on the basics.

Brett and Kyle learned uki-goshi and ippon-seoi-nage tonight, followed by the four main ground holds, a couple of turnovers (sankaku-jime and a more basic one), and two strangles, gyaku-juji-jime and okuri-eri-jime.

Present: Carlos, Will, Lucy, me.

We warmed up and did some uchi-komis (moving and static).  Carlos went over o-uchi-gari, and then an o-uchi -> tai-otoshi combination.  After that we did some ne-waza, including a turnover, an arm bar, and a strangle that seems to be partway to sode-guruma-jime.

It's a little weird, practicing judo while there's a basketball practice going on one level below you…

After that, I worked with Herb on the gokyo throws that we had concerns about, while Darcy taught Kaya and Jian Jun.

We ended the night with some randori.  Kaya threw me, and we grappled on the ground for a bit.  Jian Jun threw me with a great tai-otoshi, which he'd learned that evening.

Warmed up.  Mike demonstrated a cross-grip seoi-nage that looked to my eye a bit like a sode-tsurikomi-goshi (on account of the hip being sunk so deep that uke winds up across tori's back).  Since the white belts hadn't learned seoi-nage, we worked on ippon-seoi-nage and morote-seoi-nage.

Will showed a gripping exercise:  stand in a circle, take sleeve grips on either side, and try to sweep your neighbour's feet.  As people fall or release their grips, they leave the circle.  Cool game.
Randori followed.  I sat out due to a goose-egg on my leg, just above my ankle, from where someone's knee landed on my leg at the end of the aforementioned gripping game.

Worked on o-uchi-gari, ko-uchi-gari, and the o-uchi->ko-uchi combinations.  Also did some o-soto-gari work with Jin Jung.  (I really have to find out how to spell his name correctly.)

Ended the class with some randori.  So hard to not use sutemi-waza, but it's a habit I have to try and break.  (Or at least ameliorate.)

Present: Me, Darcy, Herb, Will, Kaya, Jiang Jung, Vlad.

Warm-up, ukemi, throw->juji-gatame.

Herb took Vlad aside and they worked on breakfalls, as it was Vlad's first class. The rest of us worked on okuri-ashi-harai, then o-uchi-gari, then uki-goshi and o-goshi. After this we did some randori.

Warmup, throw->juji-gatame, moving uchikomis.

Thomas and I went over the throws he'll need for his eventual blue belt grading, all except the makikomis (though we did cover Craig's advice to Herb and myself, regarding getting in close, so that you hit the ground as one body). Then we did a couple of brown-belt throws (yoko-wakare and yoko-guruma).

Herb and I did the kata, without throws. Herb's getting better and better at lifting me for kata-guruma. At this point we're mainly working on the little details. Maybe soon we'll videotape it.

After that Thomas showed Jungjing kesa-gatame, using me as uke. I showed Thomas the backward-somersault escape from kesa-gatame, which then led to the leg-pick escape from juji-gatame.

Then I went home and showered. Man, it was hot in the dojo.