uchikaeshi

[etherknot]

Oddly enough my first attempt at posting this a week ago got eaten by some large forum beast. So I'll try again :)


Last week my instructor decided it would be a good time to teach me uchikaeshi. Even though I sort of already learnt it. The funny thing is; it's been so long since he's done it that he can not remember the shidachi side of things.

After watching him try to remember I think I have figured out the logical moves for it but I am not sure so somebody help me out here:

Block for furiage men.
Harou a few times for blocking soku men.
Whatever the name is for blocking sune (like in one of the kata).
One more furiage men block.
And then reverse.

Is that right? Am I wrong? Help! :confused:

[alch]

Originally posted by etherknot

Block for furiage men.
Harou a few times for blocking soku men.
Whatever the name is for blocking sune (like in one of the kata).
One more furiage men block.
And then reverse.


I'm not sure what you mean by harou but I'm assuming you mean harai. If not, just disregard this post, I'm only a newbie. :) (In that case though, what exactly is harou?)
Concerning harai: as far as I know you do not use harai in uchi-kaeshi as motodachi ("defender"). You just block his attacks to protect yourself (since a good uchidachi will be aiming for your head or shins, not your naginata), nothing more nothing less. Your task as motodachi is to enable the uchidachi ("attacker") to perform the exercise well. You do this by maintaining good distance amongst other things and certainly not using harai.

But then again, I might be all wrong, just my 2 cents. :)

[R A Sosnowski]

Choke up on the Naginata, slide step back and block the Furiage-men strike with the Ha-bu.
Step back and block the Sokumen-uchi with the E-bu.
Step back and block the Sokumen-uchi with the Ha-bu.
Step back and block the Sune-uchi with the E-bu.
Step back and block the Sune-uchi with the Ha-bu (Gedan no Kamae).
Take Chudan no Kamae.
Step the LF [left foot] back to the RF [right foot], and receive the Furiage-men strike with the center of the E-bu (aka Ichimonji no Kamae), then step forward with the LF and return to Chudan.

HTH.