I haven't trained at my original dojo for a while due to the timings of work, uni, and other misc things that made me unable to go training.
Started off with basic things like warmup, 100 hayasuburi and then basic footwork as we used to do a while ago before putting men on and starting keiko. We first did kirikaeshi followed by kihon Men, 5 times each for 2 rotations, and then Kihon Kote, Kihon dou followed by small cuts.
There was other things that we did as well but I forgot as to what it was.
I've received several comments regarding my small cuts, where when I go to hit men, I dip the shinai down below tsuki towards the Mune of the dou and then bring the shinai back up to do a men cut, or so that's what I was told what I was doing.
Another comment was that I wasn't hitting hard enough, and another sempai told me that I was whipping my shinai when doing small cuts. Just bring it up and down he told me. I'm not sure how I'm doing the whipping thing, but I believe that relates to the problem I have with the shinai going down towards the mune of the dou.
After that We did Uchikomi-geiko & Kakari-geiko followed with a few bouts of Jigeiko. First jigeiko I wasn't feeling up to scratch, so I tried to feel for more opening.
I then jigeiko'd with another sempai who commented that I was rushing to cut too much which felt predictable. Therefore, I needed to setup the cut in order to succeed.
Still along way for me to go, and not too long till Burwood competition.
1 comment:
In regards to the dipping of the shinai when you come in to make small cuts, it's a common problem amongst some people, me inclusive. The thing I have found that really helps is the ensure that your grip on the left hand is very strong and don't relax the wrist until your shinai is up and making the cut, since a relaxed left wrist and a solid right wrist means the right acts as the pivot and causes the kensen to drop.
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