I've been re-learning or reminding myself on my Kata's lately, it's interesting that I used to have my Kata firmly in my mind in a ""non-linear"" way, what I mean by that is I could conciously remember the kata from/at any point and even work it backwards without thinking about it, but at the moment, I'm finding I need to work through all of my Kata in a linear fashion, once I get moving unconciously I find my self just doing the kata with no problems,

But I feel I need to get back to where I knew the Kata's so well that I could start any kata from any point and even do the kata backwards if needed, once I reach this point I can work on each movement and ensure I fully understand the application of each move and start fine tuning my kata where I believe it should be for Nidan.

Possibly I am trying to be too perfect, but it is an expectation I have of myself, and it is where I will be when I do grade for Nidan at the end of the year. I do not want to grade for Nidan and 'just get there' I intend to excel and Grade to Nidan and be at the level I expect of a Nidan grade.