Paul Steadman
26th November 2000, 15:05
G'day,
What are the standard rules, regulations and scoring criteria for Tameshigiri competitions (Tai-kai etc) as used around the world? Is there an International standard or does each fderation have their own version?
Back in 1996 I attended the annual Sports Chanbara Tameshigiri Iaido Championships conducted by Tanabe-Sensei and hosted by Saito-Sensei in Sydney, Australia. I placed equal third (Oops I mean fourth ;-\ } and I had never entered an event such as this prior, nor have I since!
The thing is, besides the Japanese Sensei present at the event, no-one seemed to know how to judge said event. The respective Iaido, Kendo, Iai-jutsu, Batto-do & Jiu-jitsu (I hate that word) Sensei all had their own idea on how a kata or cut should be judged.
Can anyone help?
Regards,
Paul Steadman
What are the standard rules, regulations and scoring criteria for Tameshigiri competitions (Tai-kai etc) as used around the world? Is there an International standard or does each fderation have their own version?
Back in 1996 I attended the annual Sports Chanbara Tameshigiri Iaido Championships conducted by Tanabe-Sensei and hosted by Saito-Sensei in Sydney, Australia. I placed equal third (Oops I mean fourth ;-\ } and I had never entered an event such as this prior, nor have I since!
The thing is, besides the Japanese Sensei present at the event, no-one seemed to know how to judge said event. The respective Iaido, Kendo, Iai-jutsu, Batto-do & Jiu-jitsu (I hate that word) Sensei all had their own idea on how a kata or cut should be judged.
Can anyone help?
Regards,
Paul Steadman