I had a blast last night. The only students in class were James and I. We went over some of Sekiguchi’s Kumitachi. James also showed me some of the chudan level kenjutsu katachi, and it has some pretty cool stuff in it.
Bushey Sensei then had us do some reactive drills. Similar to last time, James and I lightly sparred with bokken. If my right hand was cut, I would only use my left, and visa-versa. I would just try stuff to see what James would do, and I learned a lot from it. James was pretty slick with a tanto, he was able to get my wrists about 90% of the time when I tried to cut at him. If I am ever in a knife fight, I hope James is on my side.
We both worked up a pretty good sweat. It was odd to see James sweat, but it was pretty hot in the dojo.