Day 160:
There were only five of us in class today, so the size was small. After a quick round of kiri-kaeshi, we got an instruction on proper distance and taking center. Then Sensei had us separate into two lines and did repeated variations of one-step men and one-step kote.
Over and over, each side would do five men or five kote, taking care to line up our opponents, take center, and then strike from the proper distance. We spent just about the entire class performing these two drills. After a few more lectures and demonstrations, we did a couple rounds of one-step doh and a final round of kiri-kaeshi.
Day 161:
Today the focus was on big swings. We did lots of kiri-kaeshi drills, and then lots of one-step men. Sensei gave a lecture on making sure swings were big, like bringing the saki to just behind your head.
We also performed a new drill. We would start in tsuba-zeriai, then strike men going backwards (nuki-men). Once we did that a lot of times, we would practice tsuba-zeriai and then nuki-doh. After a few times of this, we enhanced the drill more. We would start at tsuba-zeriai, then strike nuki-men, and then once we are at one-step distance, we strike men and pass through. It teaches us to not “give up” or feel like “it’s time to stop”. We keep going. We keep fighting until the shinpan tells us to stop.
We even did a drill that was not our usual go-hon and then switch partner roles. I did five nuki-men strikes, then five nuki-doh strikes, then five nuki-men-men strikes, and then finished with five nuki-doh-men strikes. We finished class with several more rounds of kiri-kaeshi.
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