12/6/07

Who - Dan, Henry, Ron

Started with some basic warms ups and went straight to cutting

Ron - 3
Henry - 3
Dan - 2
Sang - 2

Ron -
1)Kesa Gyaku Kesa
a) you need to throw our your kissaki more on your gyaku kesa from your right side
b) still cutting too much from your shoulders
c) you're still cutting too much at the apex of the cut rather than before
2)Rokudan giri
a) not bad, but the sui hei wasn't flat
3)Rokudan giri
a) sui hei was flat...much better

Henry - (first 2 cuts were with the dojo beater)
1)Kesa Gyaku Kesa
a) not enough tip weight behind the cuts
b) kesa towards the left needs to be steeper, turning too much to the side
c) the kesa also runs out of energy
2)Rokudan giri
a) not bad, but the sword seemed a bit dull, had problems with kesa to the left again
3)Rokudan giri (with usual sword this time)
a) okie doke, sounds a bit rough but it got through

Dan
1)Rokudan giri
a) that first kesa towards the left, the right hand needs to come further out, it's too steep
2)Tsubame gaeshi
a) pretty good, just make sure the tip doesn't go too high after you finish

Sang -
1)Inazuma - Okie
2)Kaze guruma -
a) need to turn the right wrist up a bit

Funds
Ron - 100
Henry - 140 (10 will be received later)