What's changed...
On the most basic level the solo training exercises have given me a frameowrk to more deeply examine what I already do. I am developing a deeper understandign of "correct posture." I might have gotten that soely through kata training but I think that it would have been a much longer tiem coming.
In some respects I'm still srtruggling with the same things that always stay with me. But folsk that I train with have commented that I move more lightly, gracefully and with more power than I did before.
In the TNBBC group eveyone's ability to generate pwer has improved to the detrement of many a bokken, jo and hanbo last summer. I had sevreal moments of thinking "crap, (insert name) did'nt need to learn to hit harder."
I am continually intrigued by how, as I get stronger at the solo stuff it actually becomes more and more challenging.
I've only been at it a little over a year so I still think I'm a relative newbie.
FWIW
Jeremy
Jeremy Hulley
Shinto Ryu Iai Batto Jutsu
TNBBC