@ShinobiNoTodai Thanks for the reply! I was curious because I recall seeing it somewhere as "Mist stance" or "Haze stance", and wondered if that was the rough translation of "Kasumi no Kamae."
@BasementBeginnings That sounds about right. "Kasumi" does mean "haze", and "no Kamae" means "Posture of" (some of the word order is backwards in Japanese). So it translates (roughly) as "Posture of Haze". It's called that since the blade can be used to reflect light into the opponent. Thanks for the comment!
Does Kasumi no Kamae have other names?
BasementBeginnings 3 weeks ago
@BasementBeginnings Hmm...it very well may have a different name in another Samurai school/lineage, but I learned it as Kasumi under Shihan Woodard.
ShinobiNoTodai 3 weeks ago
@ShinobiNoTodai Thanks for the reply! I was curious because I recall seeing it somewhere as "Mist stance" or "Haze stance", and wondered if that was the rough translation of "Kasumi no Kamae."
BasementBeginnings 3 weeks ago
@BasementBeginnings That sounds about right. "Kasumi" does mean "haze", and "no Kamae" means "Posture of" (some of the word order is backwards in Japanese). So it translates (roughly) as "Posture of Haze". It's called that since the blade can be used to reflect light into the opponent. Thanks for the comment!
ShinobiNoTodai 2 weeks ago
@ShinobiNoTodai Oh I see, and I didn't know that fact about reflecting the light onto the opponent, makes sense! Many thanks again!
BasementBeginnings 2 weeks ago
I want to shake hand with you
dumbass6380 3 months ago
thank for the stances i'm trying to learn using practice swords
mikestand01 3 months ago
great.keep up teaching.i'm gain more insight of ur teaching.
faard 5 months ago
@faard Awesome - that's the goal! Keep training!
ShinobiNoTodai 5 months ago
names would have been good as well
faard 5 months ago
@faard Good Point - I will see about shooting a vid on just kamae. Thanks for the comment.
ShinobiNoTodai 5 months ago
Nice
falthy3 9 months ago
Very good demonstration!
DanBowenTV 9 months ago