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<blockquote data-quote="barsoomcore" data-source="post: 1512384" data-attributes="member: 812"><p>There's another move that's quite common in Katori where you make a <em>torii</em> block (the blade horizontal above the head with the left hand supporting the back of the blade), and then quickly thrust forward with the right hand, snapping your hilt into his face. <em>Very</em> unpleasant, and of course as you get better it ceases to be a block because the best defense of all is to just not be there when his sword arrives.</p><p></p><p>I thought Uma looked pretty good for the most part. She's no Mifune, but okay, she's no Mifune. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>Your Google-fu is strong.</p><p></p><p>For the curious, the first picture shows the last step of most kata -- the end of the <em>noto</em>, as the sword returns to the sheath. This is why the hand is reversed -- he's putting it back into the sheath as opposed to drawing it. The second picture is the <em>chibburi</em> of <em>uke-nagashi</em> -- the third kata of the ZNKF seitei-gata. The swordsman has just flipped his right hand on the grip and his next action will be to drop the tip and let it swing down past his left leg so that the back of the blade comes to rest on his left hand at the mouth of the sheath, ready for the <em>noto</em>.</p><p></p><p>When you come up here, remind me to show you my video of a doddering old fellow who can barely walk pick up his katana and perform four tameshi-giri in a row. One minute he can barely stand, the next he's cutting beautifully. It's a thing to see.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="barsoomcore, post: 1512384, member: 812"] There's another move that's quite common in Katori where you make a [i]torii[/i] block (the blade horizontal above the head with the left hand supporting the back of the blade), and then quickly thrust forward with the right hand, snapping your hilt into his face. [i]Very[/i] unpleasant, and of course as you get better it ceases to be a block because the best defense of all is to just not be there when his sword arrives. I thought Uma looked pretty good for the most part. She's no Mifune, but okay, she's no Mifune. :D Your Google-fu is strong. For the curious, the first picture shows the last step of most kata -- the end of the [i]noto[/i], as the sword returns to the sheath. This is why the hand is reversed -- he's putting it back into the sheath as opposed to drawing it. The second picture is the [i]chibburi[/i] of [i]uke-nagashi[/i] -- the third kata of the ZNKF seitei-gata. The swordsman has just flipped his right hand on the grip and his next action will be to drop the tip and let it swing down past his left leg so that the back of the blade comes to rest on his left hand at the mouth of the sheath, ready for the [i]noto[/i]. When you come up here, remind me to show you my video of a doddering old fellow who can barely walk pick up his katana and perform four tameshi-giri in a row. One minute he can barely stand, the next he's cutting beautifully. It's a thing to see. [/QUOTE]
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