Today I started class with a lap on each of the basic cuts to get us warmed up, then one lap each of alternating left and right temple cuts and alt. left and right waist cuts (advancing in kneeling). I then created some patterns to generate openings (intiated response to use WCoS terminology). The first was right temple, left temple, right temple, left waist; the second I have currently forgotten (I’ll come back and fill it in if I recall it) ; the third was right temple, right temple, left wrist, right waist. After practicing these back and forth several times, we paired off with shanai and practiced the first and third patterns against each other. I felt it was a good class and I seemed that it really fostered some ideas in the others.