Day 19 - Thurs 30th - Sydney; Albany Hills Judo Club

It was a long overnight flight back home, and we had two crying babies right in front of us, screaming all night long. I was glad I had my earplugs, and Cliff watched movies. Sleeping was really hard though, I find it hard to do it sitting up - it was a long torturous trip. Cliff got off at Coolengatta, and after than I slept for 30 minutes on the trip to Sydney.

After dealing with the Japanese Rail system, Sydney was a breeze. Found my way to Tarhlae's house, crashed for a few hours, did some washing, read for awhile and then found myself with nothing to do. So, may as well go out to Judo! This is the Albany Hills Budokan Judo club. Here is a photo from the junior's session:



I had a great time in the seniors. It was all standup, and there was a great technical portion at the beginning, where I learned a lot of fine details on the dropping kata-guruma.

- attack far leg preferrably,
- drop the knee down the middle,
- straighten the leg on the outside, keep a slight curl in it though
- simultaneously head under, must look at the sky and pull arm down _tight_
- falling to the _side_ not straight back
- bridging over and straightening your leg to plant them firmly
- turnover to consolidate the hold-down.

there is a very nice way to attack even if they have a death-grip on your lapel! lead with the elbow and weave it over ... be sure not to elbowstrike his jaw, that sorta hurts.

Randori with everyone went well, my shoulder didn't get too banged up. Ok a little squished maybe, but it was worth it, I had a great night!