Men – the head
Do – the stomach
Kote – the hands/gloves
Tsuki – thrust to the throat
A good solid hit usually ends in a continuous motion as your opponent’s Men runs along the length of the sword and you should end up behind the opponent. It emphasizes the slicing of the sword, instead of a chopping motion.
Samurai don’t exist anymore. The Japanese feudal system was dissolved over a hundred years ago.
If you meet a “Katana wielding dude”, he will most likely practice Kenjutsu or Kendo. But it’s more likely to be a Kenjutau guy.
It’s more likely to be a Kenjutsu person, since most of the Kendo people I know stick to the sporting aspect of their art and don’t even own a Katana, while the Kenjutsu people I have met are trying to train like an actual Samurai, and therefore are more likely to own an actual Katana.
Let’s get back to reality here: if you meet a guy with a sword it’s likely some dumb/drunk/high teenager that bought his sword in a store because it looked cool.
Shoulda aimed for his feet.
I used to do this. You don’t do leg shots.
The available places to hit are:
Men – the head
Do – the stomach
Kote – the hands/gloves
Tsuki – thrust to the throat
A good solid hit usually ends in a continuous motion as your opponent’s Men runs along the length of the sword and you should end up behind the opponent. It emphasizes the slicing of the sword, instead of a chopping motion.
So if I ever have to face off against a katana-wielding dude, I’ll aim for the legs so he won’t expect it. Got it.
FYI there is a difference between a someone who does Kendo and a “katana-wielding dude”.
Kendo differs from the specific training samurai went through, which had no restriction about hitting anywhere.
If I find a katana-wielding dude today, what’s he more likely to be: kendo practicioner or samurai?
Samurai don’t exist anymore. The Japanese feudal system was dissolved over a hundred years ago.
If you meet a “Katana wielding dude”, he will most likely practice Kenjutsu or Kendo. But it’s more likely to be a Kenjutau guy.
It’s more likely to be a Kenjutsu person, since most of the Kendo people I know stick to the sporting aspect of their art and don’t even own a Katana, while the Kenjutsu people I have met are trying to train like an actual Samurai, and therefore are more likely to own an actual Katana.
Ref.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenjutsu
Let’s get back to reality here: if you meet a guy with a sword it’s likely some dumb/drunk/high teenager that bought his sword in a store because it looked cool.
Yeah. Probably.
Or since were in a more civil and modern era you could just FUCKING SHOOT HIM!
In his feet!
I was in martial arts as a kid and my Master used to wack us on the bottom of the feet with these things to punish us. Damn shit hurt like hell.
I know where the image comes, I took that. It’s DeJong-sensei from Highline.