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- From: jon@zeus.med.utah.edu (Jonathan Byrd)
- Subject: Re: Question: fumikomi (foot-stamping)
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 21:30:56 GMT
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- In-Reply-To: roberts@pogo.wv.tek.com's message of 23 Nov 92 17: 40:12 GMT
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- In article <13983@pogo.wv.tek.com> roberts@pogo.wv.tek.com (Robert Stroud) writes:
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- I would like to add my ideas on this to the postings.
-
- Thanks. I was hoping that you would do so.
-
- In kendo we practice barefoot and run through the opponent. These
- actions are unlike the types of actual matches that historically
- demonstrate "how it was really done". In Iaido you see differences
- the lead foot is planted before the cut so that the person doing
- the cut has a solid base. In shinai kendo the 'sports' type of
- movement tends to allow the opponents to glide past an action that
- would not work with a real sword. That is why the study of kata and
- Iaido is recommended to balance out the kendo curriculum. The Iai/kata
- and kendo form the two wheels on a bike, both are required to allow
- it to function.
-
- What is is about the Kendo strike that does not translate to a strike
- with a real sword?
-
- One thing I can think of is that a blade does not cut well when
- chopped straight down on to the suface to be cut. To get a good cut,
- the blade must be drawn along the surface. When I have seen
- demonstrations of tameshigiri, it appears as if they extend their arms
- fully, and draw the blade in toward their body as they cut. Of course
- this would not work well if they were moving forward. In this case,
- it seems like the only way to move the blade along the cutting surface
- is to push it. My question is this: does anyone do tameshi-giri with
- a forward push of the blade, instead of a pull?
-
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- jonathan byrd
- jon@apollo.med.utah.edu
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