Today was asked to do an embu in #AikiToho / #NishioRyu #iaido in front of the whole #Lebudo class (including beginners). Lebudo does #ZNKR iaido as well as an offshoot of #SuioRyu. So a lot rested on my performance — the reputation of a whole school!

Well, it wasn’t perfect. A few of the cut lines were off and the movement was obviously a bit tense. But I got a lot of interesting questions.

I’d love to see how the experienced folks there would manage those kata :)

#znkr #iaido Yonhon-me Tsuka ate (standing version)
I just graded 3rd kyu in #iaido (#ZNKR). Overall went pretty well despite the common stiffness that comes with grading, and a couple things to work on.