I'm trying to post here more frequently. Today, I realized on the cold cold walk home, is my second bogu-versary.

Also, my new bokuto is great, though already a little dented (those kodachi kata can be killer).

Other than that, I should bone up on kodachi kata a little more (though I still need to do just 1-7 for nidan). That, and in regular keiko we focused on hitting from yokote/kojin-no-maai. In actual practice, it was pretty normal, though I did manage a few nice kote against newly nanadan sensei, who counsels only that I relax, now that I am indeed harder to hit and still come in straight. Regular sensei comments that I attack too quickly sometimes: like I'm in a rush or nervous or something: I also nudge his shinai down a little, osae-like, before I come on, and this is a dead giveaway. I'll work on this...