I prefer this kind of practice, with lots of concrete things to work on, and advice that I can use right away, although not having my journal close by has meant that I lost out on a lot of insights right afterwards.

It was interesting to see all those sensei line up to practice with Sensei, as they have a shinsa coming up, which is the same thing for them as for us, I think, and Sensei has been saying more of late about how subject to luck promotion is. One of the older yondan reminded me that since I'm younger, I should be initiating more attacks, rather than waiting for him and countering. A godan weekend sensei reminded me to keep my elbows closer to the side of my body, which will also allow me to keep center rather than swerving off to the side, as I often do, and coming in more like yoko-men than straight men, or otherwise opening up my kote yet again. On the other hand, I still don't know how to deal with certain sempai, such as those who push too hard through after striking, which makes my countering and so on much more difficult.