Just wanted to pass on a quick work of thanks to Itakura sensei (6th Dan) for making it up the hill from Brisbane on Sunday and putting us through our paces. I can attest that my keikogi was at least 2 kg heavier at the end of the session, and my kote able to be wrung out. Doing 100 haya suburi with a bokkto as a worm up will certainly contribute to that!
I had a blast, have a couple of niggling things to refine, and will look forward to seeing him again in less than a fortnight for the QKR Seminar weekend.