Tonight we reviewed kneeling iai 1 – 5, standing iai 1 – 3, and combos 1 – 6 (of which 5 and 6 were new for me).

Combo 5: attacker makes right waist cut, defender makes right waist block, knocking the attackers blade downward, then steps to the left making a cut to the opponents exposed right side.

Combo 6: attacker makes left waist cut, defender makes left waist block, levels blade and shuffles in with a thrust to the chest, blade horizontal.

We then were video taped doing the kneeling and standing iai for Master Shaw to review when our sensei visits him next week.