So today's practice had extra drama, namely when the guy who likes to try tricky-waza beyond his means, got tsuki'd under his tsuki dropped his shinai, turned his back on his opponent, held his back, and walked out of the shiai-jo even though Giggly Sensei insisted that he at least pick up his shinai where it was sadly lying there, somehow he refused and went downstairs. I think there's going to be quite a fallout from that one, as at the very least he ought to sonkyo.

Today was also school elections, which is funny insofar as it's transparent that these poor kids have no chance of really budging the larger system in any real way. But still, it's good to see immigrant kids stand up for themselves and politick, even if none of them are really all that Churchillian. Still, it's amazing how executive our notions of government are.