I love swords

I love swords. thought I'd say that. I got to cut on monday. It was a lot of fun. I got to cut a 1/2 goza, and a finished off someone else's too. Wish I could have cut more, but it's amazing how attendence spikes on cutting day. Four of us and the two sword senseis roll a butt load of gozas, which was a fun exercise in finger-curling and rubber band breaking. We rolled more than we ended up using so hopefully we can cut another time this summer.

Cutting was so good! So gratifying! I felt good knowing I didn't botch anything. I even cut a branch from a nearby tree (on purpose of course *giggle*). Nerdverd botched his cuts, and so did the new older guy. The older guy stuck his sword on every cut, and then afterwards, turns to his son and says, "that's a lot harder than I thought". I don't remember how his son cut. One of my karate senseis had hurt his shoulder really bad prior to class, and didn't think he could cut. Head sensei had him cut with a wakizashi with his good arm. He did pretty awesome for that. The sensei that took me to the hombo and the iai clinic cut amazingly. He works out a lot, so I wonder if that will help me too.

One of the kids dad's is a paparazzi nut. I'm surprised his kid could cut without being annoyed. He gave us all a CD of pics he took in October. I'm looking away in all of them because he took about 5000 shots that day. I've gotten used to it now.