Saturday, June 5, 2010

Bob Poresky Sensei's Class this weekend 6/6/2010

Bob Poresky sensei will be coming to Rochester Phoenix Aikido Club tomorrow.

Class will start 11am till 1pm.. ish

When: Sunday, June 6th, 2010
           Class start 11am
Where: Rochester Phonix Aikido Club (34 Elton St, Rochester, NY) [Direction]
Instructor Bob Poresky Sensei 4th Dan, Chief instructor of Capital Aikikai of Syracuse

3 comments:

  1. Sunday's class began some kotogaeshi, and sankyo, but really got going with a technique that focused on how changing hanmi can affect uke's structure and balance, while essentially keeping nage connected to his or herself.

    Shihonage made an appearance, the themes being awareness of uke's ukemi ability, and connecting the throw to one's self (as opposed to meeting uke half-way). Regardless of uke's ability, the throw needed to fully belong to nage. If nage needed to protect their partner, then they needed to move to a position that allowed uke to fall within their ability.

    After that we worked on a series of six throws meant to develop both tenkan and a natural shifting of hanmi, and sometimes without shifting the feet, just the torso, or the hips, etc, etc. These were enjoyable, and seemed to really engage everyone on the mat, from beginners up to the senior students.

    Toward the end of class, Poresky sensei shifted toward flow. Softer, well-timed motion to meet, lead, and inspire uke to move into the space that nage had vacated. After this, everyone was asked to sit at the edge of the mat.

    Cody was called up for a practice test, and his uke were mike(myself), Alex, Matt, and Tom. Most of it was a blur, but in my opinion a really enjoyable blur! Oh, Cody did plant one good knee in my ribs, I remember that part clearly ;)

    After that, sensei called different groups onto the mat to demonstrate flow, more or less. With Williams sensei, Lauren, and Tom, Poresky sensei would gradually call out "Change!" as each of them were in mid-technique, requiring uke to immediately become nage, and counter the technique on the spot. With the rest of us, there was not as much expectation, but we had a taste of this as well.


    All in all it was a great class(, as usual!).

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  2. If this is the Bob Poresky that used to work for ITT, I'd like to make contact. I was that person's "Six Sigma" instructor about ten years ago. I am at: jandell@hotmail.com.

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