Tips for taking the center Better Harai Waza

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Kendo tips for Harai and the difference between Harai and Suriague.
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Harai waza is a basic sword kendo technique used to break the opponents kamae (stance) by hitting the shinai ( Bamboo sword in kendo representing the Katana) out of the way to make an opening and execute a technique. With this video I hope you can take some pointers on how to do this kendo technique easier.
I made this video as a guide to improve your kendo. There are many more details for good execution of any kendo technique. If I can further help you in your kendo path please contact me.
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[@Kendotips]

What is your favorite way to break into your opponent's Kamae?

[@fynnkinschewski8582]

I like to feint my partner into confusion. Since I‘m a Kendoka with just a year of experience, I really like testing everything out in my jigeiko and one of those things includes feinting at men and striking kote just long enough to let my partner think I won‘t change that strategy. Once I see them adapting, I feint men and strike men just to see if that kind of conditioning works for that person.

[@ShiroiNoOkami]

Jedi mind tricks or maki otoshi

[@Kendotips]

@@ShiroiNoOkami the jedi order was founded by a hachidan in Kendo and I think he would approve of your ways.

[@Kendotips]

@@fynnkinschewski8582that’s the awesome thing about Kendo. You have to discover not only what works for you but also for your opponent, and this trial error is essential for us to keep improving! That’s the only way to get better! Keep it up! Try something and learn from your results always!

[@ShiroiNoOkami]

@@Kendotips maki otoshi and maki sushi are fancy.

[@javi8129]

Awesome breakdown.....

[@Kendotips]

Thank you very much!!!

[@aristotle29]

I would love a video dedicated to Suriague and Harai. Specifically things like troubleshooting advice, for example, "if you are encountering X problem then do Y to fix it" Thank you so much for this explanation in this video, it was really helpful!

[@Kendotips]

This is a great Idea I will work on this.

[@MultiSkippy101]

Really like your channel. You give great descriptive tips So helpful to improve my kendo. Thank you very much. From LA

[@Kendotips]

Thank you very much, I hope we get to practice together some time soon

[@christophertrue8325]

I would also love to see a video with suriage. Thank you for these videos. It helps me a ton with my kendo.

[@Kendotips]

Thank you. I will work on it.

[@demarsphilipp1884]

My Senpai in the Dojo always told me to check the Kamae from my opponent, whethere there is too much pressure, or too less pressure or just the pressure as well i had; for cases that oppnent got too much pressure or less pressure, we could either just lunge out to strike the kote or debana-kote(if great pressure), or use harai/hari / kind of "make seme in and put ur shinai above the opponents shinai" (if less pressure); for case that the opponent has a very great flawless kamae and there is exatly the same pressure from oppnent as from me, then maybe use some "ashi-waza xD" footworks like sidewalk-seme to creat a new middle and uses this time difference to strike. the kamae check is actually tipping the opponents shinai to read the pressure before we go in with seme.

[@Kendotips]

That is a good approach. We need to experiment in order to build up our vocabulary and be ready for the different behaviors that our opponents can give us.

[@fynnkinschewski8582]

Thank you for the video, keep this stuff up!

[@Kendotips]

I’m very glad you enjoy! I hope we get to practice kendo together some day

[@fynnkinschewski8582]

I‘d really like to have keiko with you one day. You live in greece, right? If the answer is yes, then I might be able to visit your dojo in the summer holidays next year since I always go there for about two weeks.

[@perialis2970]

i think kote is best matched with harai/suriage. one thing i found out is kote, usually becomes ippon when the opponent isn’t properly in stance, in other words, gaurding. or simply not noticing a kote is incoming like debana kote. so kote is especially powerful when you can do it without thinking, unconsciously. imagine an akward moment in a very close range but not tsubazeriai and both kendokas have stopped, the first one to take action and strike kote is most likely to win.

[@Kendotips]

Thank you for watching. You bring up great points, The one I like most is about attacking without thinking. I think that if we can attack allowing our body to do what we are training it to do, we can have more success on any technique, essentially not coming in with a technique in mind.

[@CabreraC04]

Great videos. Your production quality as well as your insights have been so helpful to me and my development. Muchas gracias! Also, what advice do you have on the necessity of passing through after a strike? Is it mandatory?

[@Kendotips]

Thank you very much. I appreciate your support, I will be start soon doing content in Spanish in this channel kzbin.info/door/QZbng_8cekzNQJRW9_N5rg if that something that you are interested in. Regarding passing through, It is not mandatory, but is complicated to express the details on that here. The short answer is that you never want to attack with the intension of going back. My advice for passing through is to work on your footwork and have your hands forward as you pass. I do live streams in this channel Saturdays, and I hope to start Thursdays, If you pass by one of my live streams remind me about this and maybe I can demonstrate that better. (Also I am planing on making a video on it so stay tunned)

[@perialis2970]

conclusion: Harai and Suri-age is different but in timing, Harai is best used before the opponent does a strike (may also be used in other timing), Suri-age is used during a strike, to deflect. in other more “kendo”😂 words, Harai is used to deflect the opponent’s intentions. Suri-age is used to deflect the opponent’s sword. also i have also found out theres suri-sage (sage is down in japanese), suri sage is used when the opponent is gonna strike, it is a blend of harai and suri-age, you start when the opponent does, by not hitting, or deflecting, you push the sword the the sides, or down. if you time it good enough and also move, you can deflect the opponent entirely. the opponent’s momentum will go forward to where you arent. more impressively if the opponent is also really committed to men, doing this and moving diagonally (closest to the opponent), can make you behind the opponent. although i have not used it to have any advantage because i am lanky and suck at hiki-waza😂. although i guess it is good when you are cornered. also using the match-zone is very important, cornered opponents is more pressurable, so you can make them wait for a shikake-waza and from my experience waiting for the opponent to attack first is bad, so you also have a big advantage mentally. although beware the opponent can still get you back though.

[@Kendotips]

Essentially Harai, you initiate the movement to remove the shinai out of the way, but in Suriague is a deflection of the attack.

[@user-nj2mr9kn4r]

I drop the tip down slightly to take center. They never notice.

[@demarsphilipp1884]

I got a question to kote-debana kote: is this technique actually efficient ? because in most cases i have only seen men-debana kote or men-nuki-kote; men-nuki-kote is quite a useful waza but when i use this waza i must always lunge great out to do the nuki move, so therefore i thought maybe kote-debana kote would be more efficient where i dont need to lunge great and can immediantly strike ?

[@Kendotips]

De-gote can be very effective but it also comes with it's own challenges. for example it could be harder to get the right angle to do a solid strike. I think it goes a lot too about your preference and how your opponent approaches you. In many cases for me for example I prefer to do Ai- Kote Men.