Tanaka-sensei is getting bogged down with work at his metal shop, so it was just five of us in practice today. I took Mizuno-san and ran him through the fundamentals for over an hour, paying attention to hand placement, upper body, and extension. Can't overload beginners with all the things they're doing wrong, so I just pick two or three things and focus on those, letting the other pieces come together as they progress.
Last half hour I worked on my own, preparing for the tournament on two weeks. I'm so hosed. My forms are a messy; sloppy and slow and lots of extraneous wobble. Sword won't go where I want it to, won't stop where I want it to, too much tension especially in my arms and not even snap, not enough focus. I also have cut in a couple of weeks and it doesn't look like there will be a cutting practice before the tournament, which makes me kind of nervous to cut in front of everyone at the beginning of the tournament.
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