Thank you for sharing this video. It is very difficult to expose ourselves to the scathing critique of the many internet 'experts' and armchair critics.
Your form is very nice but i would advise to slow down, ignore speed and go for technique, only when you have good technique will you start to speed up.
I study ZNKR Seite as well and have been for 5 years an i am only now starting to look at Koryu, i am only 2nd dan and Koryu is not needed till 3 or 4 Dan here in the UK.
dont ignore speed. instead try to become aware of it. the point is to get the right speed for each part of a kata and pause at the right time. if you do all movements at the same speed and with no pause at all or pause in the wrong place then its wrong and will look boring.
some moves also require to begin slow and become faster and end abrupt.
Your school may teach something different (which is ok) but we always keep the kissaki, or tip of the blade down during Oochiburi. if the tip points up for any length of time, the blood will run down onto your hand and the handle may become slippery - not good during battle!
seitei iai is very codified the tip don't have to go lower than the horizontal unless when you end a kesa style cut. when you finish a cut on your knees, the last third of the hamon must be parallel to the floor, when you finish a shomen cut like the final cut in morote tsuki if you trace a line from the habaki to the kissaki, this like must be parallel to the floor. it's all writen in the seitei iai kata book
(I'm not an expert, but I train in very good company)- given that you have only really recently acquired a sword, try lots of cutting practice. Musashi always said that the most important thing you can practice is swinging your sword.
I'll have to work out how to post videos (I have been an observer thus far) so I can show you my 全日本居合道連盟 performance and also my lovely wife took another movie of a performance at Gujou hachiman I was lucky to be a part of. I might put some of my tameshigiri up too.
I did a little reading on the history and the intention of the seitei teaching and it seems to flow with muso shinden. many of your kata are the same, your chiburi and noto are very similar. it's quite interesting.
My sensei is at the intermediate stage between 6th and 7th dan and after some conversation, without ever seeing me handle a blade (live or otherwise) we went together to order a custom Iaito. Mine is "ni shaku-roku sun" and I had a custom (brushed)hamon design, tsuba and menuki all fitted.
REALLY!!!??? How long have you been studying fabrati? I'm amazed that you have only just started practicing with an Iaito.
I still don't understand "3rd kyu", here we go from nothing to 1st dan but it'll take you a year plus acceptance from the judges at the 全日本居合道連盟 (ZNIR).
You seem to take a long time between moves compared to my schools style. You also seem to swing softly, I don't think I heard your iaito sing even once when you performed. Were you that nervous?
It was a bit soft, but it did sing. It's just that the background noise (kendo practice) drowned most of it. And I had just started using an Iaito a few weeks before this.
Fabarati, exactly what type of Iai is this? Shinden? Also, what is Kyuu? I recently became a shoudan and I study Musojukiden eishinryu and I have a passion for martial arts of all types, but have never seen anything quite like this!
well seitei iaido is used for the znkr grading beside the koryu kata. in japan it might happens you learn only koryu at your dojo (and it's not a bad thing). there is also the ZNIR which uses another set of kata called tohô
I haven't started with koryu yet (as I haven't had time to go to practice since august). So that's only Seitei kata from ZNKR, which is different from ZNIR.
from my small point of view it's quite correct for a 3rd kyu, maybe you shouldn't lower your sword while doing your sayabiki after your atemi on ganmen ate and when you move forward, always try start with the right foot (you started with the left at the end of nuki uchi). Your reigi was a bit fast for my taste.
"very interesting" what rank are you now? you seem to be very nervous in this video:}
komosol 2 years ago
Actually, i'm still 3rd kyu. I haven't really been attending regularily since then. Too much stuff going on.
fabarati 2 years ago
3 kyu very bad very bad technik ?
krzysiek831983 2 years ago
Thank you for sharing this video. It is very difficult to expose ourselves to the scathing critique of the many internet 'experts' and armchair critics.
Good luck with your further studies and practice.
Jeeperrandy 3 years ago
Wow...'TheAppleGangster' huh? I think you confused Mac with Mack 10!!! Ha Ha Ha! What the fuck do you know that you don't read from a wiki page?
madyui 4 years ago
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heres a tip: Nerd + Seitei Iaido=Disaster
TheAppleGangster 4 years ago
Hi there,
Your form is very nice but i would advise to slow down, ignore speed and go for technique, only when you have good technique will you start to speed up.
I study ZNKR Seite as well and have been for 5 years an i am only now starting to look at Koryu, i am only 2nd dan and Koryu is not needed till 3 or 4 Dan here in the UK.
Keep up the good work and practic ehard.
David
Davidmclean 4 years ago
Thanks. Yeah, I know I should Slow down. I just have problems with keeping it slow (i get impatient).
fabarati 4 years ago
it's not because it's not needed before you shouldn't learn it the earliest possible. in japan in most cases they learn koryu before seitei :)
blayral 4 years ago
dont ignore speed. instead try to become aware of it. the point is to get the right speed for each part of a kata and pause at the right time. if you do all movements at the same speed and with no pause at all or pause in the wrong place then its wrong and will look boring.
some moves also require to begin slow and become faster and end abrupt.
iaidouka 4 years ago
Your school may teach something different (which is ok) but we always keep the kissaki, or tip of the blade down during Oochiburi. if the tip points up for any length of time, the blood will run down onto your hand and the handle may become slippery - not good during battle!
madyui 4 years ago
Yeah, that was one of my mistakes. Like, I said, I did quite a bit of minor mistakes
fabarati 4 years ago
seitei iai is very codified the tip don't have to go lower than the horizontal unless when you end a kesa style cut. when you finish a cut on your knees, the last third of the hamon must be parallel to the floor, when you finish a shomen cut like the final cut in morote tsuki if you trace a line from the habaki to the kissaki, this like must be parallel to the floor. it's all writen in the seitei iai kata book
blayral 4 years ago
(I'm not an expert, but I train in very good company)- given that you have only really recently acquired a sword, try lots of cutting practice. Musashi always said that the most important thing you can practice is swinging your sword.
madyui 4 years ago
Hey! I did hear it!
The kendo was pretty loud, but then again, kendo IS pretty loud.
I think you should try to keep your back straighter during seiza and your weight and body down in your kata. try not to noticably pause, EVER :)
madyui 4 years ago
I Sit much straighter than I used to. And I'm trying not to pause (I do it mostly in the 12th Kata).
And i think the point of kendo is to make a lot of noise and smell so people run from there yelling :p.
fabarati 4 years ago
I'll have to work out how to post videos (I have been an observer thus far) so I can show you my 全日本居合道連盟 performance and also my lovely wife took another movie of a performance at Gujou hachiman I was lucky to be a part of. I might put some of my tameshigiri up too.
madyui 4 years ago
I did a little reading on the history and the intention of the seitei teaching and it seems to flow with muso shinden. many of your kata are the same, your chiburi and noto are very similar. it's quite interesting.
madyui 4 years ago
My sensei is at the intermediate stage between 6th and 7th dan and after some conversation, without ever seeing me handle a blade (live or otherwise) we went together to order a custom Iaito. Mine is "ni shaku-roku sun" and I had a custom (brushed)hamon design, tsuba and menuki all fitted.
madyui 4 years ago
I have a Nosyuiaido iaito, ordered through our head sensei in japan,
Ishido Shizufumi sensei (8th Dan Hanshi). It took like 4 months for me to get it.
fabarati 4 years ago
REALLY!!!??? How long have you been studying fabrati? I'm amazed that you have only just started practicing with an Iaito.
I still don't understand "3rd kyu", here we go from nothing to 1st dan but it'll take you a year plus acceptance from the judges at the 全日本居合道連盟 (ZNIR).
madyui 4 years ago
At the time of the grading i had studied for 2 terms (started last fall, this was in june). It took a while for my Iaito to arrive.
4th kyu is the lowest grade here in sweden, then comes 3rd. So it's easy to pass.
fabarati 4 years ago
You seem to take a long time between moves compared to my schools style. You also seem to swing softly, I don't think I heard your iaito sing even once when you performed. Were you that nervous?
madyui 4 years ago
It was a bit soft, but it did sing. It's just that the background noise (kendo practice) drowned most of it. And I had just started using an Iaito a few weeks before this.
fabarati 4 years ago
he is only 3rd kyu he doesn't need to be fast
blayral 4 years ago
Fabarati, exactly what type of Iai is this? Shinden? Also, what is Kyuu? I recently became a shoudan and I study Musojukiden eishinryu and I have a passion for martial arts of all types, but have never seen anything quite like this!
madyui 4 years ago
It's Seitei Iaido. I did the 1st (Mae), 3rd (Ukenagashi), 6th (Morote-zuki), 8th (Ganmen-ate) and 12th (Nukiuchi) Kata.
fabarati 4 years ago
well seitei iaido is used for the znkr grading beside the koryu kata. in japan it might happens you learn only koryu at your dojo (and it's not a bad thing). there is also the ZNIR which uses another set of kata called tohô
blayral 4 years ago
I haven't started with koryu yet (as I haven't had time to go to practice since august). So that's only Seitei kata from ZNKR, which is different from ZNIR.
fabarati 4 years ago
from my small point of view it's quite correct for a 3rd kyu, maybe you shouldn't lower your sword while doing your sayabiki after your atemi on ganmen ate and when you move forward, always try start with the right foot (you started with the left at the end of nuki uchi). Your reigi was a bit fast for my taste.
blayral 4 years ago
For me too... I cringe everytime I see my faults. I usually know what I dp wrong as soon as I do them, I just can't stop myself.
fabarati 4 years ago