the Way of the Turtle

Iaido Training
Friday, September 6, 2006

A fairly nice class tonight - low-key, with plenty of practice time. We reviewed some sword terminology, in both English and Japanese, then split up to practice katas. The men spent the bulk of the time practice yin- and yan-no-kata, both of which are performed from seiza (kneeling position) -- not one of the more popular sets to do, since it's torture on the legs and knees. Fortunately, we took frequent breaks to practice u-ken and sa-ken. Those actually felt like they were flowing fairly well at times, and even yin-no kata and yan-no-kata felt OK by the end of the evening.

JMH