Someone snuck the A/C on tonight which meant that practice was bearable, although the focus again was on kihon and in particular a particular variety of small men in which the right hand does not move up with elbow still tucked against the side of the do, the left hand moves forward, and then the snap carries the body and the strike forward into normal position. It's the same for kote. Kakarigeiko, but only two rounds, though there's this new habit to do really long kakarigeiko--at least 13 or 14 attacks' worth.

We carried forward the focus on watari (?) waza, or is that just nidan-waza? In any case, I feel my kote-men getting looser and better, though still not usable consciously (but maybe that's the problem!).

Also, there's been this tendency to have practice run over 15 minutes longer than it sholud, I think in part because of this shiai-geiko. In my shiai-bout, I lost again, 2-0. It's tough, being in this higher division! I need to be more aggressive and in the moment--I found myself adjusting my shinai to try and make sure it was chakuso. Which is a good thing to have, but not a good thing to still need to do.