Day 716:
In Iaido class, I did 2.5 sets of kata. Things are getting smoother. The fifth kata is becoming easier to finish.
In Kendo, we had a small class. Only a few people showed up. We had a hard class today. Men, ai-ouchi-men, kote-men, ai-ouchi-kote-men, men-hiki-men, then the same drill differently. The kakarite receives a men strike, and then performed hiki-men. I’m not good at receiving it, I’m better at blocking and instantly going backwards. Then we finished by doing the entire string in a single, continuous drill. Very tiring, very breath-stealing.
We stopped keiko early and had a kata lesson. I did learn that for shidachi shoto kata, you practice two types of chudan. High-hanmei and middle-hanmei. The shoto is not perfectly vertical because you are one-handed. Only step forward when the uchidachi tries strikes. Also remember to lift your shoto on the right side, not the left.
Day 717:
Today we got interrupted in Iaido. The association moved us to the gym without telling us. We lost some time to practice. I could only finish 2.5 sets of kata.
In Kendo, it was a small class again. I led the class in stretches and suburi. Sensei said it was okay for everyone to strike the young student now, but only gently as she’s very small.
We had a repeat of the yandan training from last class, only this time we added men-suriage-men, including into the long string of drills. We finished with some very short ji-geiko.
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