The structure of Sueno sensei's seminar is almost the same but looks like I needed repetition. As kendo is a completed whole, one wrong movement makes a difference. That's why our practices are the same again and again. Despite that every seссion we learn something new. Those are the points I noticed this time:
- Shinai has to do an ideal circle over the head.
- As close to the head is the circle that short will be the way of the shinai.
- Sinai has to be held lightly but firmly. There has to be no gap between the palm and the shinai's tsuka.
- When one practice suburi on his own correctly his body remember the movement and do the same movement on any occasion.
- Don't break posture after the attack.
- Mountain can be climbed on many different routes.
Learning kendo makes us understand ourselves better, and although this thought is repeated many times almost to become a cliché, it still excites me. When you understand kendo better, you come to completely different conclusions. However, how does this affect your skills? Am I at the same level of the mountain or a little higher? I didn't understand everything Sensei was teaching. Or rather, I understood it through the prism of my thinking, which is based, not surprisingly, on the amount of practice I do per week. Not enough!
