wavey

Tanaka-sensei was bit late to class, so I ran everyone through the fundamentals. There were two new guys, one dude it was his first day, so Tanaka-sensei had me stay with them the whole time. We covered the basics nice and slow; proper grip, stance, readying and cutting, sheathing. Then we connected the basics into some simple excercises. New guy was pretty good -- he seemed to grok the concept fairly quickly, but he barely had enough arm strength to hold the sword for more than five minutes. That'll change, though.
From 8:30 Tanaka-sensei let us work on our own, occasionally correcting here and there. My inchuyo needs help; it's too wavey, like it bubbles up when I draw, settles down when I parry, and then waves up again and sideways when I flow into the cut. When he does it there is no wasted movement; sword comes out and right into the parry, then immediately his hips change direction and flow right into the cut. Fast, smooth, effortless. Someday...