Training systematics

In jigeiko I mainly did Men-strikes with what I found yesterday, namely, bring the arms higher. I felt an improvement from yesterday. It's especially apparent when I was able to score against someone who two weeks ago was impossible for me (see this entry ). I also almost gave Jens a couple of head -on Men-strikes, but my shinai fell on his shoulder. Seems like I need to improve accuracy. It's also interesting that he rotates his shinai in a small circle constantly to distract my attention, and at the same time he can pull it suddenly from the smooth rotation and strike accurately.

• The things I should work on are pretty much the same as the previous training. Yet one more thing is the Kote-strike. My left hand tend to be too low. I should move my left hand more forwards rather than downwards.

To build up my own training systematics, I asked the people on Kendo-world forum what method they use. See this thread.