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wow! No disrespect to whoever the sensei was but I'd be looking for another dojo fast. Your body has to last your whole life and you want to be able to keep doing the things you enjoy until the very end. It's weird, actually. He's a very good and well respected Sensei and we're all feeling the loss (he's moved interstate) that is normally very forgiving of people's injuries and limitations. I've never been able to understand it. But it's cool now, friend's had a knee op and back to kendo. It just really did seem strange. It seeemd his lack of fumikomi was holding him back, he really is quite good and hasn't graded for years and years - maybe that's why sensei was so strict on him? Dunno.