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**MaickiP** · 11-04-2009, 11:49 AM

How are nidan waza and hiki waza not "real sword techniques"? What about a real sword prohibits multiple strikes or cutting while stepping back?

How would hiki waza work? In kendo the shinai are right in front of your face, if they were shinken I know I wouldn't let anything sharp in front of my face, maybe out to the side like in the 10th kata. Granted it's all hypothetical but if you were in that close wouldn't you try something physical to separate, kick, punch, what have you? As for the nidan waza is something like that possible with something so heavy like a shinken, are there other arts that have quick succession hits like kote-men, I've only done a little koyru and seitei so I have no idea.

11-04-2009, 11:49 AM	#33
MaickiP Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 641 Senior Member	How are nidan waza and hiki waza not "real sword techniques"? What about a real sword prohibits multiple strikes or cutting while stepping back? How would hiki waza work? In kendo the shinai are right in front of your face, if they were shinken I know I wouldn't let anything sharp in front of my face, maybe out to the side like in the 10th kata. Granted it's all hypothetical but if you were in that close wouldn't you try something physical to separate, kick, punch, what have you? As for the nidan waza is something like that possible with something so heavy like a shinken, are there other arts that have quick succession hits like kote-men, I've only done a little koyru and seitei so I have no idea.
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