And see as well how the movement forward and that twist adds a bit of extra safety by putting your kote behind the tsuba relative to the uchidachi’s sword movement?
The movement forward also has a double purpose of allowing you to move more smoothly into the counter attack.
I find this is a common theme and also a common problem with most oji waza that involve sword contact..for example, a common mistake in say men kaeshi do is to bring the shinai back as if to block over your head and then foward to cut the do…and this will almost never work. Again the key is to move the shinai forward to meet the opponents shinai as far away from you as possible.
I remember seeing some very nice photos (VHS video even?) of Sato Nariaki sensei making that point.
Ron.
And see as well how the movement forward and that twist adds a bit of extra safety by putting your kote behind the tsuba relative to the uchidachi’s sword movement?
The movement forward also has a double purpose of allowing you to move more smoothly into the counter attack.
I find this is a common theme and also a common problem with most oji waza that involve sword contact..for example, a common mistake in say men kaeshi do is to bring the shinai back as if to block over your head and then foward to cut the do…and this will almost never work. Again the key is to move the shinai forward to meet the opponents shinai as far away from you as possible.
I remember seeing some very nice photos (VHS video even?) of Sato Nariaki sensei making that point.
Ron.
Thank you for your comment, Ron sensei. You comment adds more value to the video! Thank you. I really hope that others read your comment!