Turnout was low, even for a Saturday, and I was third in line--no shodan or nidan present at all. The focus on was on the kihon bokuto waza yet again, and there are indeed plenty of those waza which I need to work on--my hiki-do is going too far back too fast; my nuki-do is too deep, my kaeshi-do has no kaeshi and therefore no do, my suriage-men does not go back far enough (remember kata nihonme!!) and therefore also lands too deep, my uchiotoshi is not worth mentioning at all. Somehow it does feel, however, that most of my problems center around do-uchi.

Although I did manage to practice with four sensei, they each had minimal advice for me: Sensei mostly reminded me that all of kendo is suriashi, including and especially kirikaeshi--I should be a kenshi, not gojira. Saturday Sensei just told me to keep on going--even though I felt like my observation was not as good today. Regular Sensei actually suggested that I continue to keep up the attack, which is not what he said last time. Saturday-Jr-Sensei meanwhile reminds me to relax especially after the strike.