As Alex is away in Tokyo, Tom led tonights class starting with a warmup drill mostly utilising atemi and ukemi, before Stiofán took over for kaiten.

The main focus of tonight's class featured the use of Te Hodoki 手解 (hand escape) and Tai Hodoki 体解 (body escape) from the Hajutsu Kyūhō 破術九法 (9 methods of escape) within the Chi Ryaku no Maki 地略の巻 (Earth Strategy Scroll), starting with the kihon, and evolving into freefrom taijutsu with these techniques as a starting point.

The end of the class had progressed into a form of randoori, using delicate light flowing movements, avoiding any throws or strikes. This is important for catching openings in uke's movements.