Knife Tuesday

Another cold evening in the dojo almost started in disaster when it seemed like another power outage will prevent us from training, but it was just a flicker of lights and that was fortunately the last. I was early and did some work on my sword kata. My technique has really improved over the last couple of months since the Sword course and I am almost confident enough that I will be able to perform at the Grading.

We opened up with another plank, then push ups and soon we were brushing each other while doing body conditioning. We then broke up into our groups and did some syllabus work. I had a partner and two Sempi training with me and we did a bit of belt work, but it quickly went over to knife and we started experimenting. Soon we were engaged in a sparring session with a knife on each opponent. It was an exhilarating and humbling experience. At times it was a bit difficult to plan an attack while looking out for the incoming stab, but with a bit more practice...

We ended of the night with a greeting and dispersed quickly to avoid the cold.

Embrace the shadows.