Which one is the real Jim Baker (26K)?
Fortunately, one of the seminar organizers still had enough brain cells left to organize a panel to determine who was the real Jim Baker.
The esteemed panel asked many probing questions such as "how many members of your Memphis dojo carry guns?" After several minutes of questioning, the panel conferred and unanimonously picked the Jim Baker in the middle as the real Jim Baker (the little red guy is kind of hard to see in between the impostors).
However, for the actual class, the real Jim Baker chose the impostor on the right to teach in his stead. Fortunately, that impostor was a great teacher as well. It turned out to be the most dynamic class of the seminar which made for many great photo opportunities. Class began with irimi-nage. I believe the power of the technique was enhanced by quacking like a duck.
Bob P. throws Tony Fontaine (27K). |
 Maria DeRosa gets her head taken off by ? (27K). |
 Carol Schifflet and her husband Dave work out a disagreement (43K). |
 Sean Robinson throws Alexei Nickolev (23K). |
At some point, kotegaeshi was practiced. I can only seem to find one or two pictures of this technique. I must have taken the rest of them on other people's cameras.
 Craig Hocker about to get a little air time from Mark D. (20K). |
 This might have been a kotegaeshi (20K). |
Jim demonstrated an interesting nikyo during his class. He used Emily Dolan specifically because she had a bad wrist. The nikyo he demonstrated didn't grip the hand at all. Instead, both hands were placed on the wrist. He said that this particular nikyo worked on the skeletal system rather than the nervous system.
Brian Kelley applies the skeletal version of nikyo to Peter Boylan (28K). |
 Susie Mellot does the "standard" nikyo to Sean (32K). |
Of course class wouldn't be complete without shihonage practice.
 Dave Bedard (L) and Matt (R)(19K). |
 Alan Drysdale (L) and Brian (R) (16K). |
 Gordon and Emily Dolan (21K). |
Jim demonstrates on Margo Ballou as Kjartan Clausen watches (33K).
Jim's class was the only one where there was practice in lines. I got several shots of Phil H. throwing people in a kokyu-nage from shomenuchi. The basic movements of this technique consisted of entering deeply into uke's open side and then helping uke along in the direction of the attack.
 Phil throws Craig Hocker (35K). |
 Mark Dorfman starts one of his soft breakfalls (24K). |
 Phil throws an anonymous uke (25K). |
 Alexei prepares to touch down (34K). |
Finally, a couple more shots (out of order) to conclude the review of this class.
Jim throws the Sultana of Slash (23K).
The throw above looked pretty hard to execute. This throw came off of shomenuchi. Nage places the right hand on top of uke's striking hand (right) and the left hand under uke's right tricep. I believe Jim was extending uke with the right arm while pulling downward with the left. It didn't look like too many people figured out this throw.
That does it for Jim's class. Chuck Gordon's class follows.