improving nikkyu wrist lock + holiday fun

congrats woody on a great part-ay =)

thoughts:
Reviewing basics feels like continued effort of perfecting of all the new details that come up and old details forgotten. Am trying to forget less...

1. Nikkyu lock from same side wrist grab - a lot detail happening to make it effective. Get low, step to side, take hand with you, face uke, get off balance, don't move arm/hand laterally + away from body and don't make a big circle of it, as that is excess movement, you simply snake defending hand around outside of uke's wrist, then you catch their attacking wist/forearm and use this catch to aid the wrist pain from lock, applied by the other hand. And the defending hand doesn't push down on uke arm, but does help keep uke's arm bent to aid lock. apply lock + step forward. the key is the pain in wrist -not push arm down. then sensei said get off balance when uke is kneeling on ground after lock, so that uke leans backwards. finish with take down/lock.

2. nikkyu on a face punch - all work is done w/ lead hand. uke punches same side. similarly snake over wrist with same side hand + step to side to get out of way, bring uke hand to your body + apply nikkyu lock with pain in ukes wrist. finish like above.

3. opposite side wrist grab - back leg step forward + be close to uke, direct defending hand so it stays in front but you face same direction as uke + uke is pitched forward on offbalance, free hand comes up uke's back + wraps over ukes shoulder + straight hand catches under uke chin. foot on free hand side steps back, drop weight + twist, defending hand goes with direction of ukes fall on back

4. round house + step in towards uke's opposite leg + go at an anlge + vertical fist punch (where exactly? solar plexus or stomach?) + parry the punch w/ same side arm. think driving downward and thru uke w/ entry and strike. gman said that punch could be tweaked if you drive punch also downward into uke

5. face punch + hitch step + parry punch w/ same side arm, then opposite side arm/hand goes up uke's centerline to do a shotei strike to under chin, then finish strike with a hip pivot that aids take down + striking hand goes to uke shoulder + put uke straight down. a variation was to do this but no strike, just a roll of shoulder for take down.