Keiko today was breaking everything down all the way down to basics. This meant that we started without even a shinai in ashi-sabaki and then we worked our way up to fumikomi and then striking small but still in a full arc without fumikomi, just suriashi all for nearly if not over an hour before men-tsuke and even then really relaxed waza, "Hi, how are you" rather than the downcrushing tendency we all have with overstriking men.

Waza included kote-ojigaeshi-men (take your time), kote-men (pause), men-suriage-men (point up, not lift up). Keiko itself was pretty great, with me up against sensei and scoring some nice kote and even a men or two. Felt relaxed but was told I still use too much forearm power.