Me like this technique

Stumpy had us do lots of hiyaku ukemi (flying forward flip) today. Megumi was doing them for the first time, and I'm still not very good at them, so we did a little flipping practice before moving on to techniques.

First we did shomen uchi hijiate II, at least I think that's what it's called. Uke first does a shomen strike and shite blocks and pivots 180 degrees to uke's side, with uke's arm extended in front of shite. Shite then moves the arm behind the uke, swinging the uke around, and prepares for the hijiate (elbow throw). A tough techniques, but good for practicing hiyaku ukemi.

Next we did a great kokyu-ho technique. Roland called it katatemochi kokyu-ho hiji-osae II. It's a very simple technique, but seemed powerful. In ai-hanmi kamae, uke takes shite's left wrist and pushes. Shite's hand blends with the push, pivoting a little less than 180 degrees, with uke's arm in front of shite. Shite then uses an open right hand to roll uke's elbow away from the site's body, while dropping to the right knee. This forces uke forward, and hopefully into a flip. After doing it a few times, I felt more confident and threw Megumi quite hard a few times. What a great feeling it. This one's definitely going on my favorite's list. We did a few other techniques, but they were just anti-climatic after that one.