The nap I snuck in between work and bonus-shiai-geiko today was quite welcome--it gave me plenty of energy for keiko, which was short and to the point: warmups, men-tsuke, nisoku men, kote-men, and then sanbon-shobu, ippon-shobu, and then shiai-geiko.

In my match against a sempai, I managed to get him out of bounds twice for ippon. Not very elegant, but really good enough. It's shiai after all, though Long Island Sensei would like to remind us not to be upset if we lose--in shinken kendo, you either live or die. And if you die, it's really too late to be upset...