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**anderriter** · 01-07-2006, 09:36 AM

There's a long answer... but at the end of the day, I suspect that a large part of it is due to the fact that there is no longer anybody around who knows why they did the movements as they did, so they changed them into something that could be reconciled with kendo as we know it.

I agree but we don't need to go overboard with these changes. Otherwise the next step will be a kata with shinai and bogu. I think that it makes more sense to research why some "odd" waza was considered to be the standard many years ago. For instance in roppon me with a shinai it doesn't make sense to approach your opponent in gedan no kamae. If you have a 1 mtr long razorblade it's a different story. I don't think that these views should be overlooked and be Kendoized(?).

01-07-2006, 09:36 AM	#12
anderriter Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 540 Senior Member	There's a long answer... but at the end of the day, I suspect that a large part of it is due to the fact that there is no longer anybody around who knows why they did the movements as they did, so they changed them into something that could be reconciled with kendo as we know it. I agree but we don't need to go overboard with these changes. Otherwise the next step will be a kata with shinai and bogu. I think that it makes more sense to research why some "odd" waza was considered to be the standard many years ago. For instance in roppon me with a shinai it doesn't make sense to approach your opponent in gedan no kamae. If you have a 1 mtr long razorblade it's a different story. I don't think that these views should be overlooked and be Kendoized(?).
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