What is your live blade of choice to train with? I think everyone has a go to sword that he/she gravitates to. For me, I have become spoiled on the Munetoshi Korean Yuki style. I don't use the Yuki when cutting cartons or bottles. I only train on tatami with it. I generally use one of my Raptors or the widely used Musashi Bamboo Warrior for carton/bottle work. Also, why is your sword of choice your sword of choice? What makes it so? I like the Yuki because ...
I have to admit it has been difficult to find all the time I want for training recently. I get 9 - 12 hours in a week but that is split between strength&fitness, the Tae Kwon Do training / teaching and what I do with swords. Lately, with work, more 9's than 12's I try to get one day during the week where the sword practice takes precedence but this is not always possible as I am working on the higher patterns, ( and other things ) with the another instructor for our next grading.. Other than ...
Practicing today has been decent, but as always, I found the importance of hasuji during kata. Whenever you cut, or even swing your blade for that matter, the hasuji must always be dead on. I want to be able to get to the point where my hasuji is dead on for all of my cuts. training with a katana that has a bo-hi is very helpful in telling if my hasuji is on or off. I may also start to do the 1000 cut training that Glen and Greg is working on. Until my next training session.
Today, I realized that I need to train harder than I have been in quite a while. Because of my heavy school load and work, not to mention my travel time to school, then to work, and back takes quite alot of my time in the day, that training seems to get set to the back of my daily plans. I was hoping to train on friday after my shift, for which I actually planned out w/ my training partner, but was suddenly cancelled, so now I am going to try to train after I get home that night. I will be implimenting(did ...
Performed with bokken 200 downward cuts 200 kesa open 200 kesa closed 150 suhei open 150 suhei closed Performed with carbon steel iaito. 75 draw cuts to yaku 75 draw cuts to suhei 30 push ups 50 sit ups
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