Hi Dave

Sorry its taken a while to respond, i didnt want to say anything until others may have suggested some ideas, one of the things i would suggest is to entor some shiai, cut your teeth with people your own size and grade, the more you do, the more you will now how well you are dong, another suggestion is to get around a bit, put yourself about at other dojo, on different nights to get some fresh blood, get some chances to try out your techniques on peopl ewho do not know your tokui waza etc.

Then it comes down to the same old thing, which is practice practice practice.