Just wondering how you guys feel, while doing jieiko, or a practive shiai, and you have this great opening, you've got the momentum, you've commited 100% to your strike, you move in to execute your perfectly timed men, and your opponent just tilts his neck the the side and you hit nothing but air. I sometime practice with my JHS kids, and in Japanese school kendo clubs, they pretty much all practice shiai kendo. So you see lots of head tilts, and side bend kotes. Just frustrating, when you think you've got a point, and then bam, nothing. Thankfully, tilting my head is a habit I never picked up. I would rather take the hit, and know that I had an opening and try to fix it, rather than just boobing and weaving at each shinai that comes at me. It's not boxing!!