keep on forgetting and forgetting: a paper version truly is necessary if I’m going make a serious run for nidan in June.

So many sensei today! Sensei, LI sensei, new-go sensei, regular sensei. Much advice: I almost got away with Sensei with no “but…” He’d started to say that I’d gotten faster, but then ended up correcting me anyway. LI-sensei says I need to settle down, and be less wild, striking straight straight. New-go sensei says I need to push even more power down low—that the tightness is the main thing which is holding me back from pushing to the next level; regular sensei says that I am still rushing and giving myself away right before I attack.

Today is the first practice in weeks where I don’t use my kneebrace. And it feels good.