Iaido, Muso Jikiden Eishin Ryu, Tachiwaza, July 10th

[Barricade]

God how I miss this after all these years. I used to study as a student under Sensei Scott Irey, before he moved down to Seattle to teach there, when he was still doing small classes (4-5 students) in Everett & Marysville, WA.

And I second the 2 year old comment about the wooden floors - they make me very nervous. I still have a small scar on my thumb from screwing up on a Gohon Me resheath due to slipping. After that, no more live iaito allowed except Sensei.

[ronin2167]

Enjoyed watching.

[ronin2167]

Interesting way of doing Shatou. Not sure why you titled this as tachi waza.  Batto ho no Bu.

[kendoka0girl]

Very nice. Your shato looks just a bit different than ours. For shihoto, we bring the foot back before stepping out. Was that zenteki gyakuto (from the oku iai set) after zantotsuto? Both of the koteki set looked great! Your okuden noto is really fabulous too.

Beautiful work. :D

[madyui]

@kendoka0girl

Thanks for watching! I'm glad you liked it! \(^ ^ )/

Yes that was zenteki gyakuto and thanks for your kind comments about the koteki forms and my noto. These weren't my best, but I'm enjoying making progress :)

I think I understand what you mean about bringing your foot back in shihoto and how it's different from mine, but I'm interested to know the difference you found between our shato.

Anyway, thanks again and best of luck with your training!!

愛他無

[kendoka0girl]

@madyui That's one thing I love, is seeing progress month after month.

With our shihoto, after the tsuki and first cut, we pull the foot back so that the feet are nearly together before stepping out to make the next cut. This is only for this set though as in the later shihogiri, we just step in the direction of the cut.

For shato, our nukitsuke cut comes with the hand a little lower and then we just step side to side for the kesagiri cuts.

Keep up the great training! :)

[nexocentric]

納刀はなかなか美しいですね。斜刀もお見事です。私はカメラをか­って、自分の働きを収録して、アップロードいたします。その時御­意見をいただけると幸いでございます。

[kenpachi316]

only thing i can say is, awesome! looking very nice, thankyou very much for sharing.

[madyui]

Thanks for watching mate!

I'm glad you liked my form.

How's the Toho coming along? :)

[taehapgum]

Adam that was great, i would have been having kittens on such a slippery floor. You started off ultra confident & it showed in your crisp clean movements. I don't know the best way to describe this so please bear with me. When you do the stabbing thrust back across your body it looks like your "crowding" yourself if that make sense.

Also with the increased speed of your noto theirs a faint increase in the upper body tension also. loved this one thank you for sharing.

[madyui]

Yeah mate, I know what you mean with that stab.

I have a bad habit of lifting my right shoulder because I put too much power into the movement. It doesn't need so much.

I need to be using my trapezius to retract my shoulder rather than elevate it.

I feel quite relaxed during noto, but my sensei have pointed out that stiffness too. I can see it but I can't feel it. It's definitely something I need to improve.

Thanks for your critique mate.

The floor isn't that bad ;)

[djejjar]

Thank you for sharing!

[madyui]

No worries mate, thanks for watching :)

[caseysan39]

上手！looking good dude :o)

[madyui]

いえいえ、そんな...

これからね ;)

ケーシさん、ありがとう。

また、よろしくお願いします。

愛他無

[kfkonrad1]

Noto's looking good Adam...

Nukitsuke needs more speed, and more explosive. Too slow will not cut...

Watch the transitions in between stances... you're bobbing up and down a little... Smooth it out.

Powerful oroshi... tone it down a little, and put only the power you need into it... gain a little more speed, and control, and don't stop the sword so low.

Just some of my thoughts... I thoroughly enjoyed watching. ^-^

[madyui]

Thanks for the tips mate!

Yes. I definitely need to grip and twist stronger and stop the kissaki from dropping below knee-height. Powering down just a tad would help too. My wrists weren't too good in this session and it shows.

I started being more explosive with a few of my nukitsuke but a couple of sensei told me to slow it down and get the technique right. I think I can draw much faster and still keep form...

I don't know. Maybe I'm not ready ??

Thanks again Kris :)

[tomurso]

Smooth, consistent flow, confidence in technique. Great session!

[madyui]

Glad you liked it mate :)

Thanks for watching and commenting.

[Naisho07]

I always like your noto too; very smooth. However, this time I almost feel it is too fast. I once was told that my noto was too fast in that it did not allow the time for the zanshin for being alert for an additional attack. The purpose of the noto was not just to return the sword but to return it to the saya and to be ready for another attack at any moment. So, on that thought the time that you are most vulnerable to attack would be that initial deep noto. Just a thought.

Very nice forms

[madyui]

Thanks for the comments mate!

I know what you mean about keeping zanshin. I've been told to speed it up, slow it down, speed it up..... for about the past 6 months.

I'm not there yet, but I feel I'm getting closer to the right speed.

I feel I perform with zanshin, but I've only been doing this for a few years so I probably don't even know what zanshin is yet :) lol!

The hayanoto we do in those last 5 kata is something different again, but it should probably be a bit slower too.

[lennybruce8]

looks crisp. i like your noto brother. i get nervous watching you on that floor in those tabi. not sure what they are called.

[madyui]

Thanks mate!

I'm glad you liked the vid :)

Yeah, we call them "tabi", but I was actually just wearing plain old sports socks ;D

The slippery, the better!

I have to use my core and stabilise a lot more so I like sliding around a bit. The "socks+plasticky floor" combination at that particular sports centre is a fair approximation of the old wooden flooring in the dojo, so I like it :)