Tonight’s class began with kneeling iai, as usual. We went from one through seven, which was two new ones for me. To summarize the seven I now know; (1) attack opponent to the front, (2) attack opponent to your right, (3) attack opponent to your left, (4) attack opponent at your back, (5) attack distant opponent to the front, blocking a cut, then finishing them, (6) begin on 45 diagonal blocking left then rising and countering, (7a) assist another with honorable seppuku.
We then moved on to reviewing the first three standing iai. For the final section of class, we worked on the first two free fighting patterns with shanai (everything else having been with katana boken).
It was a good class and I’m glad to be getting back into the routine, even if it does limit my evenings.