kesagiri / gyaku kesagiri - initial and final arms and sword position.

[hiroyuki]

I want to improve my diagonal cuts, i.e kesa giri and gyaku kesa giri. From Hasso no kamae and Waki no kamae, I can deliver quite good diagonal cuts, but from Jodan, I find it a bit difficult to deliver kesagiri.
---Can somebody please help me by describing the initial position of the arms and sword before and after the diagonal cut - kesagiri - especially from Jodan, and also from hasso and waki no kamae??

-What should be the ideal sword and arms position after gyaku kesa-giri?

[Charles Mahan]

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Now as to your questions... Ideal for what style? It varies quite widely.