Re: Iaido Ukenagashi kata
Originally posted by Shorite
I was wondering why, after the warding off move and the downward cut, you change to reverse grip and then sheath your sword?
It just seems wierd to me...
It is a rather unusual way to perform an seemingly simple thing like re-sheathing the sword (noto). In some schools this method is only used in a few kata/waza, in others (TSKSR comes to mind) it is seen frequently.
As for "why" -- ASK YOUR SENSEI!
Originally posted by A. Bakken
I don't know the definite answer, but I'd assume it has something to do with the type of chiburi used (the name of which escapes me at the moment).
chi no shizuku o otosu?
Originally posted by A. Bakken
I've wondered about a simililar "problem" with the Seitei kata, namely, why is it that sometimes one uses o-chiburi (e.g. Mae), whereas other times -- in similar positions -- it should be yoko-chiburi (e.g. Tsuka-ate, Morote-tsuki). The best answer I have found so far (a purely speculative one, mind you), is that the style of chiburi has followed the kata from the ryu from whence it originated.
That is my understanding as well.
Last edited by Brian Owens; 20th November 2003 at 09:55.
Yours in Budo,
---Brian---