Kendo demonstration oodachi no kata: Mochida Moriji vs Saimura Gorou

[nicholasjones88]

muga mushin man its not about dan

[dirosaga]

umm r u sure this is not Kenjutsu?

[linkytriforce]

@dirosaga Quite sure it is Kendo, unless of course Kenjutsu has the same kata(which of course is possible)

[gnoynix1]

Notice why it's so good?

After they complete each slash or cut, they say 'Wah! Ho!' ['Wow, good!' (not colloquial for 'whore', or prostitute) in a Chinese dialect.].

I know cutting or slashing is not like shooting, where for accuracy you hold your breath; and utter not, and it does nothing wrong for your "chi", but I believe that if at the end of each slash or cut you hold your breath it actually contributes to power at the blade.

[MrJudzey]

@gnoynix1 Actually you breathe out when you intend to fire a shoulder aimed weapon at range but yeah I agree partially. It comes from hand to hand combat where if you breathe out (shout) and a counter attack connects to your body, you won't get winded. Or so I've been told by my teacher. Some don't bother with the shouts in sword combat because it's not necessary.

[gnoynix1]

@MrJudzey

I think you hold your breath at the point of squeezing the trigger. They say that you ought to take a deep breath, let out '70 or 30 %' of it, keep '30 or 20 %', and then squeeze the trigger.

[MrJudzey]

@gnoynix1 Oh right cool I didn't catch the full story. Sorry about that. Should do my research. Thanks anyway

[gnoynix1]

@MrJudzey

But you could be right. You can actually breathe when you're squeezing the trigger. It happens oh-so-slightly, it's almost unrecognizable. What you do is check whether air is moving up your nostrils or not-- that way you know you're breathing. No need to apologize. No need for research too. Just go shoot. You're welcome.

[gnoynix1]

@gnoynix1

Also, can I say that I meant 'the end of the blade'.

[prrrrecious]

this was so classically awesome. i enjoyed this.

[MajestiPrawn]

thank you for posting this......

[MrRicardo1962]

super:)

[landsurfer66]

Beautifully elegant. The real "last samurai".