Humph

I went to the dojo yesterday, and overall had a great class. I'm still a bit tired, so that means I worked pretty hard. I felt good about what I did, although I was far from perfect. The only real challenge I faced yesterday was on a partner bokken exercise - although I don't remember the name - where my partner, a higher rank, really didn't know what he was doing. As nage, he was supposed to hit my bo off to my outside (right) so that I could raise my bo and move to my inside (left). The problem is that he kept hitting my bo off to my left, so when he raised up to a shomenuchi, I had no place to go. I feigned confusion and asked Sensei for help. We got the issue solved and moved on. I know this guy is a higher rank and all, but his weapon's technique is a bit rough. It's always a challenge working with him. I find that I can work better with several other student whose technique with bo or jo is much better. After we changed partners, I found myself working with a first kyu, and really moving fast, and pretty well, too. I even started to relax a bit, which made me even faster, and that's always good.

I cannot wait for Christmas so that I can use my new bo and weapons bag.