Kendo - Ni-to vs. Jodan

Mark Kawabe (Hayakawa Kendo Club in ni-to) and Steve Quinlan (Kingston Kendo Club in jodan) having a bit of fun - July 2008.

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• kendo
• jodan
• ni-to-ryu
• swords
• martial
• arts
• hayakawa
• club
• kingston

[Zwietracht]

Shouldn't the jodanka attack more frequently? His Ki(ai) should be more fierce as well, am I right?

[niagara42]

You have to remember that both Jodan and Ni-to styles make you a "one-hit-wonder". It's important to pick your moments well, perhaps more important than when using one shinai. That being said, you want to force your opponent to open which means perhaps being more aggressive overall.

[Hawaiianstile]

lol "one hit wonder" ? well i guess Chiba sensei didnt get that memo XD.

[niagara42]

You know - you're right - but Chiba Sensei and others of his calibre are in a league of their own. The majority of jodan and ni-to players I've encountered aren't really good at making follow-up strikes if their first goes awry.

[niagara42]

Hmm. Maki waza refers to disarming technique. You were not disarmed. The swirling shinai momentarily hypnotized you until it was too late . . .

BTW, the earlier kote was when you were in jodan, no? I thought I faked kote then struck underneath your block. Too bad the video missed that part - I wish I could do that all the time...

[ITsATRAPPPP]

what rules are there disallowing the ni-to guy to stab the shit out of the jodan guy with his free shinai. when you lock swords is it treated as a ceasefire?

[NiagaraKendo]

@korea7891 - This was at the Kingston Kendo Club, in Canada.

[korea7891]

Where was this? I'm sure, this is Canada but which city? I'm fron Sunrise kendo club and i want to learn jodan too.

[kingstonkendo]

voila.

[kingstonkendo]

All my comments are given thumbs down cause i seem to have a YouTube stalker/critic. We had a bit of a discussion regarding Ohmi Sensei (you can search for Ohmi Sensei here on YouTube to find the video, but the comments have been removed) and he was banned from further comments. Since then all of my movies/posts get random "Ohmi Sensei sucks" or some such comments and all my responses are given a "thumbs down". :)

[matniky]

why is all youre coments disliked ? wonder....

[matniky]

omg its my teacher (the jodan user)

[Hawaiianstile]

i know i was just saying X3

[kingstonkendo]

Its not to say that you "can't" do multiple hits from Jodan, or that people who use it "don't" do multiple hits. Chiba Sensei and Kenji Shodai are prime, albeit exceptional, examples. The term 1-hit-wonder thats often tagged to Jodan IMO really comes down to 2 things. (1) Strength. If i recall, Shodai does something like 2k Katate suburi a day(!) to be able to do his famed multi hitting. And (2), since Jodan is exceedingly "seme based", most sensei will say that "proper" jodan is only one hit.