The session wasn't to hard, as hoped. We did sword techniques all night. Still feels like an alien object in my hands, though it is nice to train with weapons once in a while (it does show the weakness of once body movement, though that's annoying, it does help to improve).
Sensei mentioned that though sword techniques aren't on the syllabus until 3rd Dan, even at shodan level one should develop maybe a dozen techniques to some decent standard. I wonder whether I can introduce some sword or jo waza at the end of the normal training session between black belts. Not sure if that is covered by my instructors insurance...