Tanaka sensei gave me some advice at today's practice. He said that I lacked kihaku (気迫). [Translators say "Spirit." I've always thought "Presence."] I should be ready to fight from the moment I stand, before the bow. And all the movements afterwards should show my determination to fight. And first movement from getting up should be forward. He said that I moved sideways, no good.
He also said I'm attacking too much. I'm doing 2-3 dan kendo, which is ok for tournaments. But I need to have an actual opening before I strike. For the shinsa I only need to strike about 4 times, he said. I need to be ready, and then strike just as my opponent is coming in. Or break my opponent so I can make a strike (崩して). Something I've been trying to work on but still not effective yet.
I think it's not my natural instinct, unfortunately. For example, when I'm playing video games, I usually go for the automatic, rapid-fire, large ammo, large spread weapons. I rely on coverage fire. I am usually adverse to the other extreme, such as sniping.
Well, time to start working on my kendo again. ^_^
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To start working on Kendo?
Is that what you are always doing anyway? ^_^
Yeah, we got called out for our kiai during the kata portion of our test as well (everyone testing from 1dan to 4dan), as they said we sounded like we were talking...
That said, I've always liked using the small pistol in video games, just for the insult factor when you kill others online with such a tiny gun. :-p
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