Tonight's practice was sweaty and unfortunately I am still unsuccessful at lining up to practice with Sensei. Against soft Sensei, though, I did manage to land a nice kote ippon, which was nice because it came out of nowhere, and had extended kiai and zanshin. I love kihon and kakarigeiko, and there was plenty of that tonight. In terms of kihon, though, I really do need to work on kote-men, kote-keashi-men, kaeshi-do, and degote. It's really embarassing how bad I am at these waxa, though I wonder what it is that I should focus on anyway for shodan--bigger men-uchi and a more committed kote strike, I suppose.

The other keikos were pretty unremarkable--my debana waza is still slow than it should be, but when I stay relaxed and go straight down the center, I do a lot better. I should know this by now...