http://www.kendo-world.com/forum/ General iaido related issues en Thu, 20 Jun 2013 06:26:33 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.kendo-world.com/forum/images/misc/rss.png http://www.kendo-world.com/forum/ http://www.kendo-world.com/forum/showthread.php/27961-Complete-Beginner-looking-for-dojo-in-Kanagawa?goto=newpost Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:04:58 GMT Hello everyone, I currently live in Kanagawa, Yokohama/Kawasaki area, and am really interested in learning Iaido. I am a complete beginner, as in, never have held a katana in my entire life, but as all things have to start somewhere, I would really be appreciative of some advice on a dojo near... Hello everyone,

I currently live in Kanagawa, Yokohama/Kawasaki area, and am really interested in learning Iaido. I am a complete beginner, as in, never have held a katana in my entire life, but as all things have to start somewhere, I would really be appreciative of some advice on a dojo near my area that will offer English lesson courses for someone who is looking to learn. I speak casual, broken Japanese so English would be best.

I have read Wikipedia on different forms and techniques of Iaido but as I've never had someone actually try to explain it to me, it's hard for me to discern which style, Setei, MSR, MJER, etc., would fit me best. I plan on living in Japan for at least 2-3 more years and would be happy if I could train during this period and after once I leave.

I've been studying Chanoyu from a Japanese sensei for the past few months and have been loving the experience of discovering Zen in my life and through Japanese arts. For reasons I can't put into words, Iaido seems to be calling me and I just feel that it is part of my destiny to study.

If someone would be kind and helpful enough to guide me in the right direction, I would be most grateful. I am willing to travel anywhere in Kanagawa or Tokyo to find the right fit.

Thank you future sempais!

-E ]]> Iaido Enonymous451 http://www.kendo-world.com/forum/showthread.php/27961-Complete-Beginner-looking-for-dojo-in-Kanagawa http://www.kendo-world.com/forum/showthread.php/27955-I-don-t-understand-the-delay-between-cuts-of-some-Seitei-katas-(tsukaate-specially)?goto=newpost Wed, 12 Jun 2013 01:38:57 GMT The highest ranking sensei I ever had the opportunity to met told me that it was essential in iaido to feel the danger of the situation, to feel if the enemy is there ready to kill you, and not turn iaido in a choreography. I try to apply that in my training, however my biggest struggle is that... The highest ranking sensei I ever had the opportunity to met told me that it was essential in iaido to feel the danger of the situation, to feel if the enemy is there ready to kill you, and not turn iaido in a choreography.

I try to apply that in my training, however my biggest struggle is that doing so I sometimes end up having a different perception of some katas resulting in a faster timing between cuts, and I'm afraid that some other senseis in grading and tournaments might not feel like if this is correct.

Is not like i rush ahead in all katas, i think in some of them the delay between cuts is justified, for example in Mae after you execute nukitsuke you already won the fight and greatly wounded the enemy, the kirioroshi just serves to finish what you started, the delay between the 2 cuts is perfectly justified.

The katas i struggle the most with the timing between cuts are Tsuka-ate, and Shihogiri, and i will explain


Tsuka-ate, this is how i see most people doing including nearly every video of high rank sensei I've seen:

after stabbing the enemy behind, turn your head to look at the first enemy, raise the sword overhead while adjusting your body, cut

it's a 3 step action that just feels way wrong to me since you already know the first enemy is right there in very close range to you, and not much hurt.
the way I end up doing this movement, i raise the katana in the same time as turn and look, and cut, all in one quickly action since i already know the enemy position.



in Shihogiri something similar happens, you barely hurt the first enemy, stab the second one, slowly look, turn and cut the first enemy, slowly look and cut the third (who was already in your line of sight when you cut the initial enemy), waki kamae to face the final enemy, cut him

The only slowdown i see as justified is when you take the waki kamae to face the last enemy, because he is not so close to you after you kill the third enemy, but there is no point in delaying the cuts to the other enemies, you barely hurted the first enemy and already know his position, and the third enemy is perfectly visible, no point in turning your head first fallowed by a cut, it should be all in a quick action.

I've seen videos of very few senseis who do Shihogiri in a similar way that i find correct for me (no delay between cuts), but the majority i have seen do the slow delay between cuts


I'm I wrong to do those katas in a faster speed without looking first at enemies that I already know the position? ]]> Iaido Filipp http://www.kendo-world.com/forum/showthread.php/27955-I-don-t-understand-the-delay-between-cuts-of-some-Seitei-katas-(tsukaate-specially) http://www.kendo-world.com/forum/showthread.php/27954-Sougiri?goto=newpost Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:28:13 GMT Where are the cuts delivered in Sougiri? Where should my hands be and what's the position of the kissaki? I've spoken to three diffrent people and received three diffrent answers.......... ]]> Iaido Judge http://www.kendo-world.com/forum/showthread.php/27954-Sougiri