Aikido-L Mailing List: 1998 Seminar: Mike Bartman's Pictures, Page 3

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Aikido-L Mailing List: 1998 Seminar: Mike Bartman's Pictures, Page 3

First we have a few more action pics with listka

This one resulted in some pretty good rolls for distance. Just goes to show you why it's wise to learn to bow correctly. Never know when your politeness reflexes will come in handy!

(Ivan found that there's a difference between flexibility and limpness!)

This is the infamous technique that I nicknamed the "Over the shoulder lawn dart throw" (what's that in Japanese?). This one starts from an attack that Gordon Sensei referred to as the "schoolyard choke" I believe. It ends with uke going headfirst into the mat if nage doesn't do it just right, and if uke's ukemi isn't really good. This is the technique that resulted in the one serious injury of the seminar (a broken neck). I'm really glad to hear that the injury is going to heal without permanent effects!

(Nothing funny about this one. It was close and it was just luck that kept it from being much, much worse. Best we all keep that in mind so we can limit any future examples as much as humanly possible. This particular injury's treatment involves a "Halo brace" for several months. This thing is a lifesaver, but it also is closely related to several medieval torture instruments and is best avoided by failing to become injured in the first place.)

Yes! This is a *real*, *un-retouched* (other than for color and contrast), actual scanned photo of Ivan giving Janet a Ki test! She's doing pretty well too! Could it be time to give Ivan his Carmen Miranda warning? Wouldn't want him to show up next year with a fruit salad on his hat!

(This picture is only topped by the next one . . . )

This is the (by some of us! ;^) long-awaited 'Ivan Taking A Ki Test' photo! Ivan was a really good sport about the whole thing, which is only fair now that he's a Role Model Shodan (tm), but we still don't expect to see him opening his own fruit stand any time soon.

(Ivan? Ki test? We must be approaching the millennium! Apparently Ivan isn't Y2K resistant . . . )

This is Wendy deciding to resist Ivan's attempt to do Ikyo. He let her get her feet under her, always a mistake in Ikyo (or so I've been told . . . sure seems to be the case here!), and it's about to turn into a grappling session, as the next photo shows. Who said you don't need to know how to grapple in Aikdio?

(Wendy is no shy retiring southern belle, that's for sure! She's stubborn, cantankerous . . . and she knows something about grappling too!)

This is the conclusion of a couple of minutes of tussling, where the control went back and forth between the two combatants more than once. Both claimed victory in the encounter, though Wendy's claim may be superior, as she was awarded 3 points for groin strikes with the knee . . . that she withheld from full contact I hasten to add! The claim isn't as strong as it might be, since the points were awarded by her husband, who is not exactly a disinterested third party, but not as weak as it could be either, as he is a sensei and therefore honorable by definition . . . right?

(Ah, hell, you decide! Wendy's on top, Ivan's on the bottom. Call it a draw? ;^)

And now . . . the famous, much ballyhooed, and long awaited KOSHI COMPETITION!!

This was one of the opening shots in the competition, as Ivan got off to an early lead with a series of vicious koshi nages!

(Maybe he wanted to make up for getting pinned in the wrestling segment? ;^)

Ivan continued with his flurry of throws, though in this one it does appear that he's giving Wendy a chance to take out his knee. In an event that I didn't get on film, Jillda demonstrated why it's really important to keep your knee over your foot when doing this throw . . . tends to keep your knee parts in working order much better!

(I suppose it could just be the angle of view. He wasn't limping at all afterwards anyway!)

Ivan was merciless to Wendy, but she didn't quit! She was going to keep coming at him until he got it right!

(Or until he left a good opening for a counter!)

This may not be a shot Wendy wants published, but it had to be done to show the sort of competitor Ivan is . . . look at the altitude on that drop! See why I said 'merciless'?

(Can you wear a parachute under a gi?)

Eventually Wendy tired of the air time, and turned the tables on Ivan. Talk about altitude! Not only is he waist high, she's got him whipping around so fast all the blood is rushing to his feet!

(He should have known it was coming . . . she wasn't billed as the 'Koshi Queen' for nothing!)

I guess you can't go kosh'ing a guy's wife without this sort of thing happening eventually . . . Now Ivan knows where Wendy learned it!

(Jim wasn't irritated in the least . . . from all appearances anyway. He just wanted to make sure Ivan got the full treatment, er, lesson!)

While I'm sure Ivan wanted to be let go by this point, I'm not sure he would agree with the exact timing involved!

(Did someone say something about parachutes?)

We'll close out with another entry for the Ministry of Silly Walks . . .

This is, I believe, a friend of Simcox Sensei, caught in the process of practicing his Silly Walk. Ok, so it's no more a Ministry of Silly Walks entry than Craig Hocker's was, it's still funnier that way!

(At least Jim isn't close enough to take revenge any time soon . . . unlike, unfortunately, Dr. Hocker . . . )

Ok, that's it for page three! Go back to page one if you want to see them again, or back to the main page if you want to pick your own next page or see where to send corrections and/or comments.

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