Before class, Dave asked me to take some of the younger students through kata. We we went through several times, I made a few comments, including timing and how to make the turns tight and fluid, so that as they improve, hopefully the ideas will be stewing inside them and one day it will just click.
We bowed in with Dave leading class tonight. First kihon, then ippon kumite, then the lower ranks were released. Afterwards we did sanbon kumite, then drilled penetrating as the defender, and finally ended with jiyu ippon kumite. I need a lot of work on minimizing the mah, penetrating the attacking opponents mah as they attack, and staying close as they pass by.