Note to self: wear kote in keiko! I've been breaking too many shinai of late, and usually on the right stave, which means that I am using too much right hand, I think, and not hitting the men buton properly. Something to keep in mind, as I'm sure all those senseis are tired of correcting my tense right shoulder by now. So it was a disconnected practice from the first bad kihon men and I just felt off, though I suppose I got some decent reviews from the regular Sensei, though he advises that I need a good deal more sashi-men in my repertoire, as my men is still relatively slow compared to his. My ura-harai-waza is also deeply ineffective these days, as I think it's too slow by a beat and is probably too big. I am striving, though, to throw in at least one do into each keiko, and also a few straight kote, though of course the focus is still on men-men-men-men-men. Meanwhile, the top female yudansha comments that I've improved, only insofar as it is now much more difficult to hit my men (though my kote is still wide open), as I have debana waza and aiuchi ready. I still need to find and work on a tokui-waza for shiai, though. I think that a ura-harai-kote might be it, as I have an unconventional kote that goes under the opponent's shinai rather than over. I don't know if that's good, but it works, just like slightly moving your left fist to the right, and then striking.