OSCAR'S FAB JUDO LESSON

 

 

Lots of warm up exercises and my instructor was seeing how far I can stretch and bend my legs.

 

 

Lots of  dragging and pushing back and forth zig zag warming up exercises.

 

Kesa-gatame

I start by sitting next to my uke, and I then wrap my arm around their neck, holding their jacket.  I tuck ukes's arm tightly under mine and spread my legs into a T position.

 



 

My uke is escaping from my hold, he does this by trapping my legs with his own and then he grabbed me around my waist and move towards me, he catches my leg with his legs.

 

Here I am learning how it feels to have the weight of my uke on top of me.

 

OSCAR BEING USED FOR WEIGHT LIFTING !

 

Mune-gatame

I have placed my chest over my uke's chest, clamping him to me by gripping under their neck and arm to try and stop him escaping.

 

Opps my uke is escaping from my Mune-gatame hold, he then lifted me up and used me like a dumbbell and did some up, over, left and right movements for me to feel.  I loved it.

 

 

Mune-gatame again I will not let you escape again!

 

My Bestfriend Ewan is doing great at Judo and the instructor says he is doing so well, here I am trying for a third time to stop my instructor from escaping from my hold...

 

 

Fantastic lesson, very full on and lots of moves and techniques practised.  Black belt coach had Oscar make his move on him and then he demonstrated how to escape and lifted Oscar up off his chest and over the top of his head, he then weight lifted Oscar up to the centre and then to the left and then to the right to teach Oscar the feeling of movement.

 

Oscar Did really well and took as much as he gave, he pushed back, gripped with his legs and held an instructor down and pushed back, my fabulous Judo dude.

 

 

My fab best friend being awarded his red belt.

How Cool, my best friend was awarded the etiquette trophy for great attention and respect in the lesson today and for trying the hardest.

 



 

 



CANNON BOWLING

 

Whenever I go bowling I have to find a big dark bowling ball that looks like a pirate cannon ball, so that I can practise my cannon firing down the alley.

 

Daddy giving me a little help by placing my had to the cannon bowling ball, then when I am ready and not before I will push the ball down the bowling alley to get my strike!!!  I generally always win or come second and mummy is always last.

1st MON PASSED AND PRESENTATION OF BELT

Here I am being presented in front of the whole club my 1st MON grading belt, I am so proud of myself for passing my grading and now I am really proud of getting my yellow stripe for my red belt.

I passed my grading a few weeks ago, but had to wait for the BJA to confirm my grading and send me my new belt strip, certificate and stamp to go in my licence.

 

 

Kesa Gatame

 

I now have to push up to try and escape from the Kesa-Gatame to do this I tried to trap my buddy's legs with my own, I grab uke around his waste and move towards him to try and catch his leg.

 

Tate-shiho-gatame, I am going into the straddle hold where I straddle uke's torso, push uke's arm up and across and then I use my head to pin the trapped arm, I then slide my other arm around uke's neck and hook my feet under uke's legs.

 

A really good judo lesson with lots of practise.



MY PUMPKIN CHICKENS

 

My chickens are such Diva's I have spoilt them and when they saw my Halloween pumpkins on the door step they kept on bob bob bobbing until I gave them the pumpkins, They did smell really nice.

 

 

RAIN RAIN RAIN MUD MUD MUD

 

So much rain our pigs don't mind at all, they quite happy rooting around and then when they had enough they just tuck themselves up in their thick deep straw bed.

PIGS ARRIVE

 

 

 

So exciting Ginger Ninja and Lemongrass arriving at their new home.  They are saddleback X sandy oxfords breed of pigs and Ginger Ninja looks just like his dad and Lemongrass just like her mum.

The pigs and I getting to know each other.

 

Pigs looking at a mushroom and wondering weather they can eat it or not!

 

The pigs are settling in really well, they grunt and talk to me every morning when I take them their breakfast and have our morning chat.