Instead of kata we practiced the new kihon bokuto waza, with some more useful than others, such as degote, kote suriage men, and the like, but very little of it sank it. Sensei decided to subject us to 30-seconds mawarigeiko, which was very intense indeed and refreshing to actually rotate with all of the available sensei. In the actual shiai-geiko, I felt like I could have done better, especially agsinst such a kohai, and all I managed to score was lots of hiki-kote.

Today in shiai I felt outclassed--first by a nidan korean and then by a jodan godan. Of course, I started out strong, with powerful kiai, renzoku waza, and keeping the pressure on. But in both cases I lost nihonme easily right after "nihonme"--I have a tendency of doing this--losing focus at the wrong time, letting up on the attack, and getting scored on easily. Against jodan (rare as it might be), I need to have more a kakari-geiko attitude. And in watching some of the Korean players out there, there's a lot to be learned from more continuous attacking.