Nihon Kendo Kata No.6: Kote Suriage Kote

[@tartarart4922]

Thank you very much sensei Hiro Imafuji! ありがとうございます

[@KendoGuide]

Thank you for your comment, TarTar ART!😀

[@irvingmarquez1106]

Very nice video, excellent work!!!, domo arigato gozaimasu!!!

[@KendoGuide]

Thanks for your comment and you're welcome, Irving Marquez! It's my pleasure! Please subscribe to my channel if you haven't! Thanks for your support! 🙏

[@luisabreu4396]

Thank you 👍!

[@KendoGuide]

You're welcome!

[@24hourentertainment51]

Hiro, I've seen many of your videos, I'd like to see some of your moves in Slow motion, do any of your instructions show this?

[@KendoGuide]

Thanks for your comment, 24 Hour Entertainment! 😄 I will keep your suggestion in mind! PS...Please subscribe to my channel if you haven't! Thanks for your support! 🙏

[@jamieg2427]

You can play KZbin videos as slow as 0.25 times speed. 👍

[@eijingakuisuteian2396]

Very interesting!

[@KendoGuide]

Glad you think so!

[@coronal2207]

Thanks a lot! I come from a european swordsmanship background and have recently began kendo, which is a very fun experience. I don't know if this is a correct observation but I feel with a curved blade suriage works much better? The mass wants to stay put as you rotate the edge, which causes the edge to fly sideways and beat the attacking blade off line. Am I understanding the mechanics correctly?

[@KendoGuide]

Thanks for your comment and you're welcome, Coronal! Very good point. Now usually we are told to use the side of the sword (Shinogi) to execute the suriage motion. However, this is my personal view, I feel that doing suriage with the blade part is more effective. Again, this is my personal view so it is not necessarily true nor correct nor standard. A long story short, you should be using the side of the sword (the flat part) to do suriage (this is the textbook answer). (My personal view): starting contacting with the side of the sword and then moving to the blade when executing the suriage feels more effective. Hope this helps. PS...Please subscribe to my channel if you haven't! Thanks for your support! 🙏

[@coronal2207]

@@KendoGuide I have subscribed of course, won't want to miss the great videos! I've also read up a little bit on suriage, and from the brief exposure I think I agree with your method, doing it with the flat seems to be quite risky from my limited view, although that might be because of me not understanding some of the subtler mechanics of the waza. I will be sure to ask my sensei and senpai-tachi later. Just as a side note though, would you happen to know how some of the koryu school taught this move? I'm very interested in the more historical aspect of it too!

[@davidwilly4056]

Fantastic!

[@KendoGuide]

Thank you for your comment, David Willy!😀

[@saltnpepper764]

Hiro sensei, do you know where I can find a wooden katana replica like the ones you're using in the video?

[@jaketheasianguy3307]

It's called a bokken/bokuto.You could litereally find them everywhere on the internet. If you want to buy a bokuto to learn Kendo or any japanese martial arts tho, you must buy a specific type of bokuto that fits the style you're learning

[@KendoGuide]

Thanks for your comment, salt pepper. I always go to www.shogunkendogu.com/shinai-bokuto/bokuto because I can get a set of bokuto for kendo. And they are the same as what Japanese people get for kata practice. I was selling the same bokuto once on Amazon. So if you want to get what the Japanese get for kendo kata practice get those!

[@KendoGuide]

Thank you for your comment, Jake The Asian Guy!

[@saltnpepper764]

Thank you both for helping me out. Much appreciated!

[@jaketheasianguy3307]

@@KendoGuide no problem, i always glad to help newcomers who interested in the art. Your video a few years ago about choosing the right type of bokuto also helped me alot before despite the fact that i didn't do Kendo