Talking to Tanaka sensei after practice he told me that keiko is for practice and improvement. It's not shiai. And I should keep that in mind. I'm not exactly certain what he's trying to tell me. I think he's saying that I'm trying too hard to win, or maybe I'm looking not to loose. The other thing that went through my head was "Do I know what I am, or should be, practicing?" :-p Maybe I was spending too much time in tsubazeriai, looking for opportunities, and he would rather I not spend so much time on that. At least he said my kendo is straight. ^_^
昨日は私がサンホーセに帰った第一回の練習でした。いい稽古でしたと思うけど、ぜっけんが忘れちゃいました。:-p
田中先生のフィードバックは稽古は練習と上手になるのためです。試合じゃありません。そして、私はそれを覚えなければなりません。それはどういうことはよくわかりません。多分私が「負けいけない」の気持ちが強すぎると思います。または鍔ぜり合いの時間が長すぎると思います。少なくとも、先生が私の剣道は真っ直ぐと言いました。^_^
So... I guess I will continue to concentrate on the following 3 things for now:
1) Seme (攻め): I still need to be able to pressure my opponent better, and have a smoother transition into the attack. I want to also practice the backing-off to invite my opponent technique that Sugawara sensei suggested. I tried that last night on Kikunaga sensei with mixed results.
2) Zanshin (残心): My lack of zanshin after certain strikes and not being ready to strike at any time has been pointed out to me repeatedly. This is something I should be able to fix but have not done so. :-(
3) Hikiwaza (引き技): I want to improve my hikiwaza.
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