Kata practice tonight was remarkable because of the heterogeneous grouping (somewhat rare), and the scope--all seven tachi kata, although I think that this is a mistake with so many beginners--it takes several sessions to master a single kata, and we need more time to get both roles down, and all this for 80 minutes, which left only a straight-up jigeiko session.

In that, I practiced with all sempai, which helped, I think, and two sensei. The regular sensei complained that I attacked too much today, without creating openings or observing anything. Sensei also complained that I was hitting all men buton and not enough of the actual forehead portion, though still solidly above mengane is the most desirable. That is, my left hand position is too high, ironic since he had last complimented me on all that. With the other sempai it was the usual drill--better tenouchi, cutting further down, staying relaxed.