Visiting sensei was all in white, but the problem is that given the line-up, I was but one away when practice ended. Being Sunday, it was an intensive sequence--plenty of the new standard ashi-sabaki drills, involving plenty of deliberate fumikomi ashi and then the dreaded drill which I haven't been able to come up with a snappy name for--SAR? Stop-and-Reverse? Backwards footwork, then strike forward as many times as the blocks, one-block to reverse, continue, with kiai preferable when heading backwards. The bogu routine was three rounds of kirikaeshi, then men-kakarigeiko, kote-men kakarigeiko, and anything-goes kakarigeiko. Somehow felt like four rounds--maybe it was.

In keiko, there was little really remarkable with most of the practice, other than the intensity. Most notable is how I interact with my immediate sempai, managing to take his men in ippon shobu, but for the most part not practicing with him energetically enough. At least he's stopped blocking so consistently, so that it's possible to have a decent keiko with him. The thing is the release of the right hand probably cancels my kote. Should think about that.