Today was the my first training of the year.
Points to improve:
- I felt my footwork was not very crisp
- I tried tobikomi men without sliding my feet but just pushing off my back. However I felt that on many occasions, my left feet would subconsciously slide a bit to get momentum for the cut. I need to stop this because it delays the cut by a second which is when I get hit.
- Going backwards on the kirikaeshi, my arms and feet should move as one in one swift motion. At times my arms were faster than my feet
- Generally a lack of explosion in my tobikomi kihon men. Taking too long to 'load'.
- Kote cut even when on target did not make a big pop sound. Need more suburi to get stronger.
- General lack of energy on uchikomi geiko. Need to not slide in before cutting. Should just turn around and cut from standing start.
- In jigiko, would close in the distance pointing shinai at opponent's throat. However, even at chikama did not feel it was right opportunity to cut. Either cut is not good enough or the seme is not threatening.
- When I close in into chikami and opponent feigns to cut, I subconsciously raise my shianai to defend/ojiwaza. Instead of raising the shinai I should instead seize the opportunity and commit to a cut.
- Was conscious of not cutting unless believing the cut will be ippon. However, that in turn meant I fewer cuts as again I didn't feel the opportunity was there.
- General lack of variety in ojiwaza attempted. Only tried kebana kote once, men suriage men three times and kote nuki men 5 times. Should also try kote suriage men, kote kaeshi men, ai-men, men-kaeshi doh.
- Generally felt kamae was stiff to obtain the centre. Should be more fluid but at the same time authoritative when wanting the centre.
Things to try next keiko
- Just to try harder and give it my all, leave everything out there physically.
- Continue getting stronger with kihon cuts. Stick to getting the basics right.
- Slow it down but must cut tobikomi men from standing start EVERY TIME. Then body develops this habit and add speed later.
- Don't slide into chikama at the same pace all the time. Vary the speed/timing of seme.
- More conscious of cutting with left arm
- More conscious of not lifting chin when cutting
- Don't lift shinai when opponents feign to cut. Need to anticipate the timing of their cut and perform ojiwaza. Try to cut during opponent's split second 'loading' before they cut/feign.
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