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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2015 21:46:44 GMT
I think this might be the first of yours I've seen, nice to have a face to go with the screen name. I actually appreciate the lack of background music! It's good to see long sequences done in a single take - I think it loses a little when it is broken up, and going from one to the next without reseting the camera is a more honest presentation.
Not familiar with the material, but it appears to be well presented! Nice bit of tachi-kaze there at the 3.5 minute mark ;-)
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Post by Kiyoshi on Aug 10, 2015 3:22:43 GMT
Hope I'm not commenting on too old of a thread. Are you wanting critiques or is this just show and tell?
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Post by LG Martial Arts on Aug 10, 2015 4:11:54 GMT
Hope I'm not commenting on too old of a thread. Are you wanting critiques or is this just show and tell? Comments appreciated... looking at the vid, I noticed the tsuka was not pointing at my "opponent" in some of the techniques, and not exactly horizontal during noto... What other observations did you all notice?
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Post by Kiyoshi on Aug 10, 2015 4:38:54 GMT
This may or may not be accurate depending on your line. The most important one i noticed was your noto. Try and place the habaki just past your hand, with a finger and a half to a two fingers on the koiguchi. Line the mune up with your wrist and arms and slow push the kashira forward and let the kissaki fall into the second koiguchi you've made with your hands. Tilt the saya forward and start to slide the sword into the saya. When you are most of the way in, push the saya to meet the tsuba. THe blade should never get too high of a veritcle angle, as it should almost always be resting against your arm. Another thing is that it is good practice to start slow and get your stuff flowing before speeding up. When doing nukitsuke you want to push with the kashira and you want to approach the tsuka from underneath. This should allow the sword to snap into the proper grip as you do sayabiki (my line has strong sayabkiki) and cut. During chiburi, I think you can drop your tip about 1/2 inch. It seems just a tiiiny bit flat to me, might just be the video though.
During tsuredachi, we do things a bit different. We actually sort of stike with the tsuka into the opponent. Both hands move forward but the right hand moves more and the blade comes out of the saya a bit. We then use only sayabkiki and a half step to remove the sword the rest of the way from the saya. The blade is horizontal, almost against your arm and you thrust to the rear. The movement should be pretty fluid.
During somakuri, we draw the blade about half way on the third step, take a step back, and finish drawing the sword and placing it overhead. This is done (as explained to me) as an avoidance of a first attack, then they back peddle to avoid your strikes before finally getting finished off. As such, your step back form the half draw should be abrupt. Your strikes also feel a little off level. It is hard to explain where they should be. I'm sure there is a video on youtube of someone doing it. We were also taught that the first three cuts end with your feet almost together. The flowing horizontal cut into kirioroshi is right foot forward, shuffle step.
During Sodome, the strikes are heavily done via sayabiki and body movement. You are using your arms quite a bit. The sword should be at about a 45 degree angle with the kissaki about mid sternum. Your body should almost be in a hanmi at the end of each cut. Again, how you approach the sword during nukitsuke should be looked at. The draw is almost entirely done with the first couple fingers, and the cut is where the hand is full utilized. It also appears your are putting too much power into your cuts for your level. In iaido we train big movements with correct body positioning and mechanics, then we add some power, then we speed up, and finally we make our techniques light. This is a very slow progression from one to the other. Make sure your noto is kept relatively close. It should be with your hand to your side and your sword at a slight inward angle.
Shinobu is done very odd to me. We were taught to take the normal three full steps. Step there is kinda your "I'm going to kill this guy" moment. Your next two steps are you drawing your sword as you step to the left. Your bring the sword in a nice full arc and tap the kissaki against the ground behind the soon to be dead guy. As s/he starts to get up, you step in and kirioroshi, and now dead guy. You should be positioned 45 degrees to your dead guy's back left. Again, take it slow. This one also feels a little too fast for your level. I hope this doesn't sound too critical. If you have any questions, I'd be glad to help.
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Post by LG Martial Arts on Aug 10, 2015 15:23:37 GMT
Not too critical, but just for reference, I've been studying Iaido for over 10 years, working on practicing before taking my Sandan test in a few months. I understand what you're saying about the techniques, very similar to what I've been taught. Some of the differences you mentioned though might just be a difference in the way my sensei has taught me (Eishin Ryu) - he prefers we not look at YouTube vids, since they can sometimes show bad angles, etc... which is probably why some of my techniques look a little wonky in the vid as well. I do agree though that my sayabikki and kirioroshi/kiriotoshi could be stronger in the techniques shown, did not warm up prior to taking vid, so basically, this was a dry run. Also, I agree with your assessment on noto - the saya was too high/not parallel to the ground as I've been taught. Bad form. Again, probably due to not warming up. Thank you for your honest appraisal of my vid, will try and post another one soon with all parts of the Tachiwaza not shown in this one. LG
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