Up and Down and Here We Go...

I had a chance to practive with Mr. KMura last Saturday at Skyline. He has just arrived in Jakarta a couple of weeks ago and I have not had too many chances to practice with him.. One thing I noticed right away is that his versatility and his liberty in his kamae position. He seems to have taken a lot of (more than most, at least) liberty in changing the position of his kamae, up and down... I have to say this confused me and made me susceptible to a few of his attacks. It took me a while to TRY to adapt to what was going on. You see, I think my kamae is pretty much straight forward, I don't try to do anything drastic for the fear of breaking my form and opening myself up for attacks. So, what I did instead was to readjust my maai, so that it will create some sort of distance and timing barrier, preventing Mr. KMura from having too much of his way with me... I was successful for a few times and failed for many more times. This is definitely a work in progress for me. I am a bit happy that I have the chance to work on this though...