What's the difference between the 'cutting' and 'hitting'?

[doyoudo]

First, i'm sorry not to use the terminology that you're using.
I'm not familiar with those things.

Anyway, i have never thought about the 'cutting the targets(men, kote...)'
I think i used to hit the targets.
When i saw you're using the 'CUT', i was surprised.
I realized that i cannot hit but cut with shinai even though that's the bamboo's one.
So i'm confusing.... how can i cut......Is there any way to correct it?
or that's just terminology difference?

[ben]

Hitting is what you do with a stick.
Cutting is what you do with a sword.
Hitting requires strength.
Cutting requires technique.
Hitting stops at the surface.
Cutting goes right through to the heart.
Hitting is very easy to understand.
Cutting takes a lifetime to master.

b

[qpuppy]

nice Ben very nice.... well put!!!

d(^_^)b

[rottunpunk]

yeah man thats funkily said

:p

[rfoxmich]

Hitting is what you do with a stick.
Cutting is what you do with a sword.
Hitting requires strength.
Cutting requires technique.
Hitting stops at the surface.
Cutting goes right through to the heart.
Hitting is very easy to understand.
Cutting takes a lifetime to master.

b


Anybody ever heard a saying roughly like:

"You may cut my skin...
I will cut your bone.
You may cut my bone but I will cut your spirit".

I think the progression is longer and more involved than this. But caught up in here is the essence of cutting and kendo.

[Claidheamh]

Anybody ever heard a saying roughly like:

"You may cut my skin...
I will cut your bone.
You may cut my bone but I will cut your spirit".

I think the progression is longer and more involved than this. But caught up in here is the essence of cutting and kendo.

If I remember it was:
If you cut my clothes, I will cut your skin.
If you cut my skin, I will cut your bone.
If you cut my bone, I will cut your spirit. "Kill You"

ie: the concept of extending one centimeter further than your opponent has.

[twotoedgiraffe]

I believe one of my sensei's mentioned something along these lines. That it's important to drive the "blade" through someone's men, kote, etc.

[Tato]

Yep, and on top of the pilosophycal aspect, I think that tenouchi and other techniques represent that "cutting" spirit.

Cheers!

[Chook]

Hitting is what you do with a stick.
Cutting is what you do with a sword.
Hitting requires strength.
Cutting requires technique.
Hitting stops at the surface.
Cutting goes right through to the heart.
Hitting is very easy to understand.
Cutting takes a lifetime to master.

b

*applause*

[Eldritch Knight]

If I remember it was:
If you cut my clothes, I will cut your skin.
If you cut my skin, I will cut your bone.
If you cut my bone, I will cut your spirit. "Kill You"

ie: the concept of extending one centimeter further than your opponent has.

Wow. This is the exact opposite of the Shaolin philosophy

Avoid rather than check.
Check rather than hurt.
Hurt rather than maim.
Maim rather than kill.

[Yuudai]

Amazingly put. And Eldritch, thats a pretty interesting contrast.

[rainmaker]

Hitting is what you do with a stick.
Cutting is what you do with a sword.
Hitting requires strength.
Cutting requires technique.
Hitting stops at the surface.
Cutting goes right through to the heart.
Hitting is very easy to understand.
Cutting takes a lifetime to master.

bTrue, very true... What can I say, this baby knows everything. No need to wear your diaper.. No need for breast milk ...

[Masahiro]

Consider the following scenario: A baseball player who is attempting for a homerun. Does he bat through the pitch or does he stop upon contact with the baseball? If he bats through the pictch then, does that mean his "cutting" the ball?

[Zaphiel]

Hitting is what you do with a stick.
Cutting is what you do with a sword.
Hitting requires strength.
Cutting requires technique.
Hitting stops at the surface.
Cutting goes right through to the heart.
Hitting is very easy to understand.
Cutting takes a lifetime to master.

b
..................well, there's nothing more to say:smiley: