Kirikaeshi Confusion

Yesterdays class was great. We had kata class and then keiko after, but the class was so small so we got lots of individual attention.

I learned some things not to do. These things were things that I had thought some sensei said to do, but apparently it was wrong. Apparently this happens a lot.

Oh, one interesting thing happened during kirikaeshi. One of my senseis said to receive kirikaeshi by moving both my left and right hand, thus keeping my shinai straight. However later in that same day, the head sensei said to receive kirikeashi as if it were a windshield wiper- left hand stays center while only the right hand moves. Then after when I lined up and the first sensei gave me advice, he re-emphasized the first way of receiving kirikaeshi. So the two sensei were giving me conflicting advice.

Ever since right before my last test, I have been having problems receiving kirikaeshi. People keep missing my shinai completely. Sometimes my sempai will say hey your doing it wrong, so I know its me and not them. Plus this never used to happen before. I wonder if it's happening because I've been confused about the proper way to do it?

Well I think that I am going to listen to my head sensei. Other than him being head sensei, it somehow works better I think. However I will probably go back to the other way when with the other sensei. I don't know. Maybe my head sensei will talk to the other sensei?