Iaido Basics: Chiburi and Noto, Part 2

Part of a series on the basics of Japanese Swordsmanship and Iaido.

This series is geared to those who may not have a proper teacher and desire a more than casual understanding of Japanese Swordsmanship.

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• sword
• iaido
• kenjutsu
• batto
• tameshigiri
• samurai
• martial
• arts
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[alimpije33]

Man you said if you start from begining form the bottom of the sword means you are begginer but thish guy is actualy starting for the bottom and i thiink this guy knows what he is doing just type iaido 13 katas and black and white video...

[robertmrivers]

The next lesson would be "Why" we don't work noto from the bottom of the sword. The reason is that if we bring the sword all the way over to the left side of the body, it takes the sword away from the enemy. This is a beginning concept. With regard to your reference of the video by the Eishin Ryu Sensei, note that he steps back with the right side and that he keeps the end of the saya to his right, where the sword was. His noto is then done with the sword on the enemy.

[robertmrivers]

Note that in order to be efficient from his body position at the end of the kata, he did the noto at the bottom which was the closest place in reference to his body position. This is the reason for it. It is also not a beginning concept which is why it isn't covered in the basic video. This is why you can't learn from a video and you can't collect techniques from multiple styles. You have to learn the PRINCIPLES which can only be truly learned in the dojo. Thanks for the response

[robertmrivers]

Another way to look at it is he is bringing the koiguchi to the sword. We take the sword to the koiguchi. Regardless, the straightest line and quickest noto are the important aspects of good iai. But there is more than one way to do it. At 6:50, you'll see he starts to ride up the sword a bit because he didn't bring his koiguchi as far up and he didn't turn his hips quite as much.

[robertmrivers]

At 8:20, he hardly moves his hips at all and the sword hits the koiguchi almost at the middle of the sword. Cheers.

[cyberjack76ITA]

Hi, I'm an Italian Iaidoka, from Shioshikai, studying Musoshinden-ryu from Furuichi Sensei. My Sensei insists that noto should be the reverse of Nuki-tsuke, and this is why we spend a lot of time in exercising saya-biki and Saya-banare even when performing No-to. your no-to is very different from ours ;)

[robertmrivers]

Thanks for the comment. That is why it is Mugai ryu, not Muso Shinden Ryu. All of the reasoning and teaching you have received from your Sensei concerning the details, our members also receive concerning our technique. First of all, this is just a basic introduction, but, our noto, nukitsuke, kiriage, tekkitsuke, etc. are all specific to our style. The differences are what make martial arts study so intriguing! Good luck in your studies.

[TheSkateShack]

Very helpful!

[LotusDragon09]

lol wow, I forgot I watched these videos before. I posted on the previous one and when I came here it surprised me to see my username in the comments.

[pedrolf1]

AWESOOOOOOOOOOOOOOME!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!

[Costa75]

Thank you. Very nice video. "You wanna become one with the universe... THAT'S NOT IT" hihi. Didn't you know that JEDI were samurai?

重永確

[Vadion12]

Very well done instructional video! I am a budding Iaidoka, when I say budding I mean that I have studied the techniques indiviually and through observation for quite a while but have only recently been given formal instruction. I wish I were able to continue to train but unfortunately I cant afford the school so I have to go back to my previous learning method