First warm up with a new pattern – shomen practice with a step-cut, slide-cut, step-cut to get out of fixed patterns; disrupt habits and the facile assumptions. Then yokomen with the same step-cut, slide-cut, step-cut. The tempo is quick beat cut, cut – you are advancing through space – your first cut misses and yourContinue reading “AT CLOSE RANGE: Shomen and Yokomen”
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RESPONSES IN TIME
With the two basic ranges understood, let us focus again on shomen. The step-cut is ‘long range’ and the slide-cut is ‘short range’ but the ranges are also examples of time. Meaning the longer the range the more time tori has to respond. In order to train the correct response, we focus first on theContinue reading “RESPONSES IN TIME”
SHOMEN VS YOKOMEN
We are now moving to the specifics of attack with the focus on shomen vs yokomen. Shomen should be an easy attack. Nothing could be more visually clear than a direct overhead attack. However the mechanics deserve a close internal read and we used the sword as that feedback devise. An iaito makes it easierContinue reading “SHOMEN VS YOKOMEN”
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