Practice with Naganuma-sensei. Haven't had him teach me in forever. His big theme is taisabaki: body mechanics. Specifically; moving from the hips, keeping one central balance point and moving the body as one, not using arm strength, staying upright and balanced, minimizing swing and tilt.
Needless to say, he moves the way he does because up until he was 12 he wore geta not shoes, and he practiced old-school karate since he was 17.
We trained one-on-one for the first hour, and then Sano-sensei joined in so the three of us worked through various basics, Naganuma-sensei giving us pointers and corrections throughout.
His basic comment was: "You've gotten considerably worse since I last taught you a couple years ago."
To which I replied: "Cause and effect."
So hopefully he'll be able to teach on Tuesdays regularly, and I will be able to attend regularly.
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