Cutting Technique - left hand cut

I see.
Yeah. First time I tried my left hand got really sore. I wanted to switch to right hand sooo much... lol
Still practicing to get it right ^^

Its pretty standard - Left hand is all the power where the right is just controlling left or right. Pretty tough for anyone whos right handed =(

miss that time....Oh my god!!! 300 times hayashuburi already killing me...!!!!

lol looking forward to it!

haya suburi 500 times... =="

Hey david, show you some thing.....


The person with white Kendo gi and hakama is Sekiwa sensei rensi 6 dan. probably is the sensei will come at Feb lol!!

You are lucky man!!! He is a very good sensei!

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yayaya. That's him.

Telling us to bow and "sensei!", don't hi-hi lalala. lol
Seems got another sensei following to visit. Didn't get the name..

Seriously serious training about to begin... ><

I'm just learning Kendo and chanbara. East sports academy. He's getting the place matted before he can teach Iaido.

To Aoshi, david,

Where you guy learning Iaido in Malaysia? World Martial Art?

Is it the Japanese sensei name Sekiwa?? I also learn Iaido from Johnny before too!! He is a good guy!

Yup
I joined cuz it's the only one I knew. After that found out YMCA also got.

He doesn't claim to be sensei tho. When we bow it's just 'otagani'. I'll meet our Japanese sensei only come Feb.

David, are your sensei is Johnny at No.5 Dojo?

Thanks, aoshi, avictar, everyone for the advice!

My sensei can teach Iaido. Also Jodo and Chanbara. ^^

Maybe that's why he emphasizes left hand so much...
"to achieve the speed" also, he says.

billyteoh2006 wrote:Hey, where you learn Iaido?? At Malaysia??

interesting...have been looking around for iaido practioners...even inquired from my japanese frens in kl/sel....with failure of course....can u share your dojo?

Hey, where you learn Iaido?? At Malaysia??

I practice Iai (as in Iaido / Iaijutsu) using an Iaito/blunt sword. A sword with good balance will do most of the cutting job. My sensei always guided me to cut esp doing shomen by imagining as if you're flicking a fishing pole with the left hand, single handedly. The right hand is to guide and stop the sword. A sufficient amount of energy/force from the arm is necessary but not entirely... Utilize the gravity to advantage, this what makes the cutting flow very fluid. There's no simple explanation on how to get a perfect cut.. I've always been told, "Practice..practice..practice..." You'll know when you get it right. If you practice with an iaito, listen to the wind sound produced from groove i.e bo-hi as indication whether or not it is a good cut. Hope that helps.

I would use 70:30 power ratio in training but 50:50 in shiai... But sometimes in training i still rely on my left more coz can't help but to exert the power using my left. I'm jealous at those left hand-ers with much stronger left hand lol

yeah. mine too.
he said left does everything, right just helps it.
Even in stopping, your left still plays much of the role.

my senpai said 100% left hand. Right hand is only for stopping the shinai. That is why he always asks us to frequently do katate-suburi

my apols but the right is strictly for positioning of the shenai whilst the left is for power i.e. 30:70 power ratio...is this correct?

david88 wrote:but, that means your left hand is really gonna hurt, right... lol

Thanks! btw, are you from the YMCA dojo?

You'll get used to it and it will become more natural with practice.

Yes, I train at the YMCA.