EKC 2008 Mens Final

**Girubatto** · 28th March 2008, 04:00 AM

Originally Posted by Neil Gendzwill

I've never heard that. The usual problems preventing people from scoring hiki-doh include too close, bad hasuji, weak hit, no reason, poor zanshin.

Agreed! Also a lot of people have their shinai with the zuru pointing upwards when hitting do which means you want to cut with the side of your blade :P its one of the pointers our shimpan really look after with do-moves lately

**The great I AM** · 28th March 2008, 10:14 AM

Originally Posted by Super Kodachi2

Says the man who scored a Hiki Do against Sweden...

I did say NEXT TO impossible. But to prove a point, thats a grand total of hiki dou number 2 that I have scored since starting kendo!

But seriously, at times the judging for dou of most sorts is crazily inconsistent. Kote can score on the knuckles, men on the mengane, but unless the dou would be good enough to slice God in half, a great deal of the time the shinpan won't give it a second thought.

Pieces of paper indeed....