Suwari Waza

Suwari Waza describes techniques when both partners are kneeling. We started with this Wednesday, shomenuchi ikkyo for warmups. Also, hanmi handachi (uke standing, nage kneeling), with .. well I forget the name of the technique.. whatever. My knees can still feel it today. We had an interesting discussion after class about working with new people (Jason is pretty new). It is more like "real life", but doing the techniques properly is a challenge. Working with Jason is always interesting, since he is a big guy, so moving him around is no small feat. I didn't feel I did that very well today--I used too much muscle.