Five sensei tonight! This was lucky, due to a shift in the rotation, and meant that I ended up keikoing with three sensei back-to-back. So I don't feel quite as bad about needing to miss the next two weekday practices, and even the first ten minutes of tonight's practice due to yet more work business. But it's interesting to think about how much better I'd be if I always had the attitude of "I need to practice super-hard because I won't have practice until..."

In particular, I felt more relaxed in kamae at least, even though I'm told by Sensei I need to relax after the strike, to make tenouchi snappier. But at least he tells me that I have learned better timing so that I'm striking at the right opportunity, and I did indeed feel better able to recover and strike after unsuccess at times, at least.