OSCAR'S JUDO LESSON LEARNING A NEW STRADDLE HOLD, TATE-SHIHO-GATAME

 

 TATE-SHIHO-GATAME

KNEEL ASTRIDE UKE, PUSH UKE'S ARM UP AND ACROSS.  I USED MY HEAD TO PIN DOWN THE TRAPPED ARM, THEN I SLID MY OTHER ARM AROUND UKE'S NECK AND I COULD NOT HOOK MY FEET UNDER UKE'S LEGS SO I PINNED UKE'S LEGS DOWN WITH MY KNEES INSTEAD.

LEARNING HOW TO GET INTO THE TATE-SHIHO-GATAME HOLD MY INSTRUCTOR HAD ROLLED INTO ME AND I THEN USED MY BODY TO ROLL OVER AND STRADDLE HER AND EXECUTE MY TAT-SHIHO-GATAME HOLD

 

WAHOO I GOT ASTRIDE UKE AND USED MY HEAD TO PIN UKE TRAPPED ARM DOWN

 

 

WARM UP BUDDY/DADDY PULLING ME ACROSS THE FLOOR

 

 

MY INSTRUCTOR MAKING ME DO SIT UPS 15 WOULD YOU BELIEVE YIPEE!!!

 

TATE-SHIHO-GATAME I AM TRYING TO ESCAPE FROM MY INSTRUCTORS HOLD BY PUSHING MY ARM AND HOLD UP THEN I LIFTED MY HEAD UP TO TELL HER I TRYING NOT TO LET HER SUCCEED

 

PRACTISING ON A ANOTHER GREMLIN SHE WAS A TOUGH COOKIE

 

EWAN MY BEST FRIEND WHO CAME AND WATCHED ME AT JUDO A FEW WEEKS AGO CAME AND JOINED IN TODAY, HE PLAYS RUGBY TOO WHICH IS AWESOME

OSCAR'S FIRST GRADING AT JUDO 1st MON

 

I PASSED MY 1st MON GRADING:  RED PLUS 1 STRIPE

 

SURPRISE GRADING TODAY AT MY JUDO LESSON, I WAS REALLY EXCITED AS I HAVE BEEN PRACTISING REALLY HARD WITH MY BUDDY. 

 

USHIRO UKEMI

I HAD TO DO DEMONSTRATE A BACK BREAK FALL WHICH MEANT I HAD TO FALL BACKWARDS AND BANG MY ARMS ON THE GROUND TO BREAK MY FALL.

 

MUNE-GATAME

I HAD TO THEN DEMONSTRATE MUNE-GATAME WITH A DIFFERENT BUDDY WHERE I HAD TO PLACE MY CHEST OVER MY BUDDY'S, CLAMP THEM TO ME BY GRIPPING THEIR ARM SLEEVE AND THEN STOP THEM ESCAPING WITH MY WEIGHT AND POSITION.

 

KESA-GATAME

I AGAIN HAD TO DEMONSTRATE  WITH A DIFFERENT BUDDY I LAID ACROSS THEIR TORSO HOLDING MY BUDDY DOWN AND PINNING THEIR LEFT ARM DOWN TOO, AND PUT MY RIGHT ARM UNDER THEIR NECK AND GRABBED THEIR GI ON THEIR RIGHT SHOULDER, THEN USING MY OTHER HAND I PLACED IT ON THE RIGHT SLEEVE TO STOP MY BUDDY MOVING THEIR BODY AND THEIR RIGHT ARM SO THAT THEY CANT ESCAPE.

I WAS PRESENTED WITH WORKER OF THE WEEK AT SCHOOL SUCH A BIG AWARD

 

WOW I WON WORKER OF THE WEEK OUT OF THE WHOLE SCHOOL !!!  THIS AWARD IS NOT GIVEN LIGHTLY AND I AM SOOO PROUD OF MYSELF FOR WORKING SO HARD AND ATTENDING SCHOOL ALL WEEK THAT I WON THE AWARD, MUM AND DAD WERE CALLED IN TO SIT IN ASSEMBLY AND WATCH ME RECEIVE MY AWARD.  DAD TOOK MY UP TO RECEIVE MY AWARD AND THERE WAS LOTS OF CLAPPING AND CHEERING FOR ME. IN 8YRS THIS IS THE THIRD TIME I HAVE WON THIS AWARD.

MY GORGEOUS CHICKENS IN MY GARDEN

 

THESE ARE MY FABULOUS CHICKENS, I HAVE CALLED ONE OF THEM ELVIS AS HER CROWN, THE FLOPPY RED BIT ON TOP OF THE HEAD, WAS ALMOST PULLED OFF BY ONE OF THE OTHER CHICKENS AND NOW HANGS DOWN LIKE ELVIS'S QUIFF, THE REST OF THE LADIES ARE CALLED THE BOBOLINAS.  THEY ARE SUCH A FUNNY BUNCH OF CHICKENS WHO KEEP EATING MY VEGETABLES, AND WILL NOT EAT THE SLUGS AND BUGS THAT EAT MY GROWING VEG!

SOOO EXCICITNG MY MINI MINI SMALL HOLDING PIG ARK ARRIVING READY FOR MY WEANERS TO ARRIVE

 

SOOOOO EXCITING I AM SO EXCITED THIS IS THE START OF MY MINI MINI SMALL HOLDING, I LOVE MY CHICKENS AND I LOVE GROWNING ALL MY VEG AND NOW I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT MY WEANERS ARRIVING, I HAVE GLOUCESTER OLD SPOT X SADDLE BACK GILTS ARRIVING IN A FEW WEEKS AND I AM SOOOOOOOO EXCITED

 

 

MIDDLE FARM PICNIC WITH THE ANIMALS

 

FABULOUS PICNIC AFTERNOON AT MIDDLE FARM, THIS IS A OPEN WORKING FARM THAT ALLOW YOU TO WALK AROUND THE WORKING FARM, WATCH ALL THE JERSEY COWS COMING IN AND BEING MILKED, SEE SOME OF THE PIGS, LAMA'S, ALPACA'S, GEESE AND 100'S OF COCKERELS, CHICKENS, GUINEA FOWL, PEACOCKS, RABBITS, AND LOTS OF BABY ANIMALS

 

THIS IS A RESCUE HORSE THAT IS NOW LIVING AT MIDDLE FARM, HE HAS BEEN HERE A COUPLE OF YEARS AND IS VERY CONTENT, I HAD A LOVELY KISS

 

LARGE MIDDLE WHITE PIGS TAKING SHADE FROM THE SUN AS IT WAS A REALLY HOT DAY AND KEEPING COOL IN THEIR ARK

 

THIS WAS SO FUNNY THE JERSEY COWS WERE COMING IN FOR MILKING THERE WAS APPROX 200.  WE ARE IN THE PICNIC AREA AND ALL THE COWS STOPPED IN GROUPS AND HAD A REALLY GOOD NOSEY LOOK AT US IN THE PICNIC ENCLOSURE, THIS WE FOUND FUNNY AS THE COWS WERE LOOKING AT US LIKE, COOL LOOK AT THE HUMANS HAVING LUNCH AND PLAYING IN THEIR ENCLOSURE !  WHILE WE WALK PAST ON OUR DAILY ROUTINE, COOL A HUMAN ZOO !!!

LOCAL DOG SHOW AT THE COUNTRY PUB

 

LOTTIE'S 1ST DOG SHOW, THIS IS THE PUPPY CLASS AS LOTTIE IS 12 MONTHS OLD AND LOTTIE DID AMAZING, SHE WAS VERY BRAVE AND DID WHAT SHE WAS ASKED AND AS THERE WAS 16 IN THE CLASS IT WAS A LONG WAIT FOR HER

 

 

LOTTIE BEING WALKED ON A LONG LEAD FOR THE JUDGE

 

 

YAHOO LOTTIE CAME 4TH IN THE PUPPY CLASS

 

AS IT WAS RAINING ALL THROUGH THE DOG SHOW WE ALL DECIDED TO GO INTO THE COUNTRY PUB CALLED THE TIN HUT, IT IS A FABULOUS LOCAL PUB THAT IS NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND RUNS ON THE OLD FASHIONED SUNDAY LUNCH TRADE, THERE WAS A MEAT RAFFLE AND TOMBOLA AND THIS IS GRANDAD CATCHING UP WITH OLD CUSTOMERS. 

PICNIC AT RYE OLD HARBOUR A FANTASTIC UNSPOILT WILDLIFE HAVEN

 

AT THE PICNIC AREA AT OLD RYE HARBOUR

 

I SNUCK OVER THE NO ENTRY UNLESS BERTHOLDER BRIDGE AND WENT DOWN ONTO THE SLIP WAY FOR THIS FAB PHOTO SHOT AND THEN HAD A WALK ALONG THE HARBOUR WALL, REALLY FANTASTIC WILDLIFE AND NATURE RESERVE

 

THIS FISHING BOAT CAME IN AND THE FISHERMAN WAS GUTTING HIS CATCH ON BOARD, WHILE WE WERE ENJOYING OUR PICNIC OPPOSITE WE COULD HEAR HIM EVERY SO OFTEN SHOUTING OY! AS  A CHEEKY SEAGULL DROPPED IN ON DECK AND TOOK A FISH OUT OF HIS CATCH HA HA!

SISSINGHURST SMALL HOLDERS SUMMER FAIR

 

FABULOUS BABY PIGLETS SO CUTE

 

SUSSEX COWS

 

LOTTIE MY PUPPY PLAYING WITH ONE OF THE BOBALINA CHICKENS

 

SISSINGHURST CASTLE, GROUNDS AND VEGETABLE GARDENS, HAD A GREAT DAY AND VERY INFORMATIVE, MEET KEVIN McCLOUD FROM GRAND DESIGNS, HE IS A X SMALL HOLDER BECAUSE EVERYTHING HE TRYS TO GROW OR RAISE DIES!!!  FOUND HIS TALK GREAT BUT HALF WAY THROUGH I DID THE MOST MASSIVE YAWN AND EVERYONE LOOKED AT ME, IT WAS A CRACKER ALMOST STOPPED KEVIN'S TALK IN IT'S PLACE LOL.  WE MEET WITH THE COMPANY WHO ARE SUPPLYING OUR PIG ARK AND THE COMPANY WHO WE HAVING BEEN BUYING OUR RENNET FROM WHEN WE MAKE OUR OWN CHEESE AND IT WAS GREAT TO CATCH UP IN PERSON

 

IN ALL A VERY WHOLESOME DAY WHERE WE ALL CAME HOME FEELING REALLY INSPIRED TO BE MORE SELF SUFFICIENT AND GROW MORE VEGETABLES, KEEP MORE LIVE STOCK AND JUST BE MORE SELF SUFFICIENT 

OSCAR'S 6TH JUDO LESSON RUNNING ROLLS AND HOLD DOWNS

 

6TH JUDO LESSON WARM UP EXERCISES ROLLING FROM SIDE TO SIDE ON THE MATS THERE WAS GRADING TODAY AND THE CLUB WAS VERY BUSY AND VERY FULL

 

ROLLING MOVES USING HIPS AND HOLDS I HAD TO THROW MY ARE OVER MY INSTRUCTOR AND THEN GO WITH THE ROLL

 



 

 

I HAD TO PUSH MY WEIGHT DOWN AND HOLD

 

WAHOO MY INSTRUCTOR WAS TEACHING ME THE GRAB AND ROLL MOVE BY RUNNING ACROSS THE MATS ROLLING AND THEN GRABBING ME AND ROLLING ME OVER IN A SLAM DOWN HOLD