Goals for the coming year..

Happy New Year!
新年快樂！
よいお今年を！
Ich wuensch Ihnen ein guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr!


It's the last day of year 2009 - a time to look back on the year and set goals for the next.


Until this December, I had just done 4 years of kendo, and a 2nd Dan holder. What new skills have I obtained in the past year? Let's see:

• My hip can now follow up when I strike and during zanshin, which means that my legs are used to the movement, and are perhaps stronger!
• Opportunity for oji-waza seems clearer to me than before.
• Suriage-wazas are better.

New goals:

• Stronger cuts using the left wrist.
• Improve on oji-waza.
• Better performance in competitions. To achieve that I cannot be relaxed during jigeikos. I need to look for every opportunity to strike, and use the wazas.