Mistakes

Second time using the choken. Sorry to say but all of you still make fatal mistakes.
One very important one though is your stance! I believe most of still do not have the correct footing. All of you are suppose to have at least good balance after training with the kodachi for so long. I am not saying that your stance have to be really perfect but at least maintain your balance. Some of you still have one foot behind the other. That is definitely wrong! One of you alomost fall but injured your knee when regaining balance. Knowing that you were about to fall shows that your balance is not good which means your footing is wrong! It is probably right at the start but as you continue sparring your footing becomes wrong. Always remember your footing. I am not asking you to look at your feet all the time but try to remember to have the correct stance while sparring. This is the most basic so please work on this.

Second thing you need to improve on for some of you is your grip. Some of you have very weird way of holding your sword. Some of you are using stick grip for your master hand. This is all very wrong and I believe the seniors have told you about it during your training. I believe some of you realise that your range is very short because of your grip. So please please work on your grip also. It is kind of different from the kodachi as you have to work on both hands instead of one.

And do not forget your ki-ai also. Very important.