It's ironic that my first missed post--for Sunday, 21 May 2006, was actually for two practices. First a regular session led by Jr. Saturday Sensei and then a shiai-focused keiko--shiai, fine-tuning, more-keiko. I was a little sickly, somehow, sniffly and coughy and tired behind the eyes, and back-hurtying by the end quite a bit, so both performances were subpar, and the shiai was especially frustrating--not a single ippon in sight, and I just felt like a slob. At least mawari-geiko was fast, so I played plenty of people. Jr. Sensei says I should cut less like a farmer, Almost-godan Sensei said that I need to cut smaller, and Sensei just said the usual--must relax, or I'll never make any progress at all.