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**CindyLavender** · 05-26-2007, 01:50 AM

We DON'T ever hit each other in our paired kata. Not on purpose. Praveens-san said his teacher wanted to be hit.

I might have read the posts in a bit of a hurry, but where does it say that his teacher wanted to be hit, as in sword connecting with body?
As I read it, the teacher either wanted him to cut at him but stop before contact, or try to hit him in order to make him be able to carry out a specific technique.

As you already might be aware of, kendo no kata requires that you actually try to hit your opponent in order for the kata to work.

05-26-2007, 01:50 AM	#25
CindyLavender Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 437 Senior Member	We DON'T ever hit each other in our paired kata. Not on purpose. Praveens-san said his teacher wanted to be hit. I might have read the posts in a bit of a hurry, but where does it say that his teacher wanted to be hit, as in sword connecting with body? As I read it, the teacher either wanted him to cut at him but stop before contact, or try to hit him in order to make him be able to carry out a specific technique. As you already might be aware of, kendo no kata requires that you actually try to hit your opponent in order for the kata to work.
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