what's wrong in this tsuki?

[SangerZonvolt]

I´m only 3rd kyu so I could be wrong, but I think you should move in with your hips a bit more. The way you did it you only had the force of your arms -> too weak. Use you whole body.

[kenshiliamateseru]

ouch that looked like it went under the tsuki!

[tenken1013]

I think it cant be seen in this one part alone... have to know what the situation was. screw the sound etc... you dont judge with your ears... eyes comes first. but I think in over all you had a good chance but did not succeed to move your opponent's mind fully which resulted in not fully convincing the judges.

But every shinpan is different.

[tenken1013]

I think it can be point. Depends on shinpan.

[windycityboarder]

hard to tell in slow mo and without the sound.

[JARCHIE1973]

First off you were at CHIKA-MAI, thats close interval. You would want to execute proper seme and enter into ISSOKU-ITTO-NO MAI with clear intent. You did not do that and from the looks of the video, you missed the tsuki and hit right under it, which made his head go upwards. Your whold body was also not in the attack. What rank are you? If I may ask. I have practiced kendo for 11 years. Im a NI-DAN. JMO

[tenken1013]

@JARCHIE1973

At least at this level...

[Alhok]

Whats wrong with it? Dumb European judges 8))

[Primetarget83]

IMHO that tsuki didn't cause your opponent to lose his composure or seriously of set his balance. You had the initiative (and probably the attitude as well) and you didforce him to take a step back. But in the aftermatch, you men was looking as a very sweet target and his arms/shinai was in a good position to strike men it if he hadn't given up on the idea. As to the "smacking of the floor" after tsuki katate, you use the bounce created to easier bring it back up but it's a ugly move...

[UrbanNeanderthal]

Although I'm a martial artist for the past 30+ year, I am not a Kendo-ka, so I won't speak to the particular rules of that sporting version of sword play. However, I would suggest that there was plenty of power generated by the one-handed tsuki to easily penetrate the uke's throat all the way to his spine.

If you have any real world experience with sticking pointed metal into flesh you'll know that it takes very little force to penetrate our anatomy.... your little finger will often do.

[hologramh]

It was too soft and he didn't move forward.

[wliu6]

in my humble opinion, i dont think you were that far away from scoring ippon. Obvious problem was you pulled back your attack too early and your hand went upward instead of forward too early, so you never fully completed your attack. You can tell this because the other person never recieved that much momentum from the tsuki, their head hardly moved.

[Jiyoui]

being able to knock your opponent backwards with a tsuki is unnecessary

[kappa0aka0lex]

It's just wrong :-)

The left knee is bent, the body moves up and down, so is the sword. It's not a tsuki, it's just touching tsuki-dare with your kensen.

[cruzcunha]

Ki Ken Tai no ichi, this one doesn't have tai. 

[teamkali]

from my humble point of view there were some faults.

first of all, the distance; you were too close for a katate tsuki (should've tried this from issoku-itto-no-maai and not from chika-ma)

secondly, the posture was very bad: bent legs, one leg still recovering (you're supposed to be in full posture by the end of the hit).

and third, your right hand was somewhere else but not in the do area :)

[kumameyer87]

after the hit your hand went up, if you would've have held it there with your wrist for a split second i assumed it would've scored. nice timing.

[TheMissingno]

In my opinion, power looks like the only issue here. Your opponent didn't move back at all as a result of the hit. Other then that, it looks to me like you hit the target, there was clear fumikomi, and zanshin was correct from what I understand. At least you didn't smack your shinai on the ground, I still haven't gotten a straight answer on exactly what the purpose of that is.

[narajujo]

@TheMissingno

thanks for your comment, yes i think it was too soft, he lost balance on the back foot if you notice but still not enough,

is the "smack on the ground" compulsory? i don't think so, but it helps getting back on chudan very fast.

[TheMissingno]

I don't think it's compulsory. I think every successful tsuki I've seen has incorporated the ground smack, but every sensei or sempai I've asked about it says it's bad form. That makes sense too, because the shinai is supposed to represent a sword, and why would you smack a sword on the ground?

[kumameyer87]

unless ur left arm is very strong, by bouncing the shinai off the floor, it is a faster way to get back to chudan-no-kamae

[TheMissingno]

What about for morote tsuki? People still do the ground smack for that.

[CaptainLutra]

agree - tsuki is to destroy your opponent. therefore it should be more powerful than the one above.

[Toza9]

striking with only one arm is risky, because the judges may say that it doesn't have enough power. (like puszek said)

[SATSUJIN93]

i think

the body need to be straight (back, neck, hips)

and the way how the arm goes.. is not right

it need go straight from dow until the tsuki dare.

your right hand is not protecting the do.

the distance is to close to try that, you should try morote,

Zanshin is not right.

[HeroOfXanadus]

it slid off.

[puszekPL]

This tsuki dosn't kill your oponent.

Power.

[narajujo]

thanks puszek, i'll try to put a little more power next time... this tsuki was very very soft... you're totally right

[neogtrmn]

I agree, didn't appear to land on the tsuki dare and not enough ki ken tai ichi.

[joonshik]

that tsuki didn't hit. It looked like you just took a random chance and threw your arm forward hoping it would hit.