Swords caught in Slots...

[mingshi]

Pretty scared right now because for last 2 practice my shinai caught up in my opponents' shinai --twice!! How dangerous!!

I was wondering,

1) What am I suppose to do if that happens again?
2) Why does that happen? (As far as I can remember... Both times my opponents tried to cut Men while I went for Tsuki... but is this the only reason?)
3) And ways to prevent this from happening in the future...?

:glasses:

[Ares2907]

It's not all that uncommon. Not really that dangerous either.
as for points 1 and 2 - If both players push downward on their shinai simultaneously (from kamae) they should separate easily enough. It happens when the gap between two take are brought down with force onto someone's ken sen. no biggie really.

Check to make sure the shinai are not damaged and if you are really concerned, make sure the fittings on each shinai are as they should be.

Ways to preventing it happening again - give up kendo?

[KhawMengLee]

Happens a lot with carbon shinais. I've had my bamboo one caught up twice in a carbon.

[ben]

IMHO it's a good sign, especially if yours is the shinai that goes through the other. Means you're effectively holding centre. OTOH if your shinai is the one that gets 'split', it can mean there was no clear opening. It's not dangerous, just make sure you check your shinai and especially your nakayui before continuing.

b

[KhawMengLee]

Woohoo!

I got centre!heh...

Hey, Ben have you met Wy Ching yet? I trained with her back in Malaysia.

PEACE
MENG

[olaf]

Yes - a fairly usual occurence. As long as both of you "slam" your shinai towards the ground (kind of counterintuitive, no?) they'll separate. Don't try to manually "pull" them apart by yanking the slats open, etc...

[ufkenshi]

Of course, if your shinai is the one that goes through you opponents, it can also mean that you are too slow to react. In other words, if your opponent goes for men, and you react too late, so that you are raising your kensen as your oppent is striking, then you have been saved from a shomen cut only by the good graces that your kensen was perfectly aligned to you opponents shinai. A slight to the right or left, or even an earlier yet still slow reaction would result in your men being hit.

[kendokamax]

well no worries

this is like playing tennis and the tennis ball get stuck somewhere unusual or playing street hockey, when you are a kid, and you break the window of your evil neibourg.

happens all the time

wow! and how can i come up with such bullsh*t all the time?

i have at least one talent

[JSchmidt]

"A slight to the right or left, or even an earlier yet still slow reaction would result in your men being hit."

Nah, it would have been a good start for a suriage-waza :D

Jakob

[David J]

Originally posted by kendokamax
...and you break the window of your evil neibourg.


Shit, that would be scary - I've seen those guys on Star Trek. I never knew they came from Canada....

[rottunpunk]

yeah thats why they can speak english man...

most of the star trek aliens must come from america or canada cuz they have the accents for it-hehe

:p