Hi Sam Over the last few months I have been focussing on trying to improve my stamping and my swing for big cuts. Jeffrey has told me that I tend to lift my right leg up rather that driving forward when I stamp; also that my stamping is not strong enough. As well as this, I have been trying to focus on not moving my left foot forward when I am about to stamp. So I'm trying to co-ordinate my left leg, my waist and my right knee to improve my stamping. The other day you gave me a really good technique to help ensure that I raise my shinai high enough before executing the cut: this is where you advised that we should swing our shinai forward when we see our left fist reach eye level. Generally, I think the problem is that I rush the cut so am not raising my shinai high enough. Whenever I train with Jeffrey he says "more stamping"; whenever I train with Leo he says "swing bigger", so one of my goals for the end of this year is for Jeffrey to say "nice stamping&
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