 I'm Sihan Mike Armstrong and I am the Blind Swordsman. Follow me on blindmotivation.com And welcome to Learn the Sword on TGNTV. My name is Dana Abbott and I will be your guide. To view the complete show, just click the button below. The music today is from the band Echo Tribe. If you'd like to learn more about us, go to blindmotivation.com. Did you know there are hundreds of cutting angles to be experienced? You can cut this way or you can come down this way and cut. You can come for a side cut or work your way up. There are many angles to choose from. With a little bit of practice and focus, you will now begin to discover that incorporating these cutting patterns in your keyhole will give you more consistent cuts. For most of you, this is a new concept. For the others who know it all, just press pause and go watch something else. In this lesson, we're going to cover the eight basic cuts, also called haplogitty. As you can see to your left, the cuts are made in simple patterns that are easy to duplicate. Remember, it takes minutes to learn, but here is the master, although you will become proficient in a short amount of time. So just follow along, and what might be challenging now, after a bit of practice, will become simplified and easy to execute. In this haplogitty series, the first cut is a one-handed, Migi Myoku Gitti from 9 o'clock to 3 o'clock, executed in this manner. The second cut in this series is a two-handed Shinshoku Gitti, vertically executed from 12 o'clock to 6 o'clock. The third cut of this series is a Migi Gyaku Joho Gitti from 7 o'clock to 1 o'clock in an upward diagonal direction. The fourth cut in this series is a two-handed downward diagonal cut called a Hidari Kesa Gitti. The fifth cut in this series is a two-handed Migi Myoku Gitti, a horizontal cut from right to left, 9 o'clock to 3 o'clock. The sixth cut in this series is now an upward diagonal Joho Gitti from 5 o'clock to 11 o'clock. The seventh cut in this series is a Migi Kesa Gitti from 11 o'clock to 5 o'clock in a downward diagonal strike. The eighth cut of this series is a left horizontal cut called a Hidari Myoku Gitti cut from 3 o'clock to 9 o'clock. Review these basic eight cutting patterns over on your left. You can also follow me and review here. If you do have any questions or difficulty, just pause and practice until you become proficient and understand the technique. For those of you who are practicing along with this video, I want you to execute all your techniques in a real, crisp manner. If you end up swapping in all your shots and only putting half as much effort into your cuts, you are going to get bad habits. After you've set these cutting patterns into your wrote memory, you'll find out it is much easier to practice the katos and review your older lessons. The music you heard today was from the band Echo Tribe. If you'd like to learn more about us, go to www.Equation.com.