A couple of years into our MJER training, Sensei had us go through a number of waza by using our iaito to strike a phone book that he was holding. We performed waza from Seitei Iai through Shoden, & from seiza & tatehiza to tachi.
I was very surprised at just how much difference it made in how I performed nukitsuke & kirioroshi after that !! I asked Sensei what to call what we did, & he said that it was tameshigiri performed with an iaito. I highly recommend adding that form of practice to iaido instruction.
Ken Goldstein
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Judo Kodansha/MJER Iaido Kodansha/Jodo Oku-iri
Fencing Master/NRA Instructor
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