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**DoctorBeny** · 06-23-2006, 08:00 AM

Form can't be improved by swinging your shinai madly in the air. Form is impoved by hitting your opponent.

That's just not true. Form is greatly improved by swinging in the air properly. If I take a beginner and immediately ask him to hit a target, I guarantee you it will take half of forever to get his swing right, if ever. The focus immediately becomes the target, not the correct swing. Our beginners hit nothing for several weeks. We don't do constant suburi though. More like swing for 10 or 20, stop, correct, explain a different point, swing another 10 or 20, switch exercises.

06-23-2006, 08:00 AM	#16
DoctorBeny Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 490 Senior Member	Form can't be improved by swinging your shinai madly in the air. Form is impoved by hitting your opponent. That's just not true. Form is greatly improved by swinging in the air properly. If I take a beginner and immediately ask him to hit a target, I guarantee you it will take half of forever to get his swing right, if ever. The focus immediately becomes the target, not the correct swing. Our beginners hit nothing for several weeks. We don't do constant suburi though. More like swing for 10 or 20, stop, correct, explain a different point, swing another 10 or 20, switch exercises.
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