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I think the hachi dan sensei may have been talking about a shinken situation rather than kendo. I think that in a shinken shobu situation, you wouldn't actually stomp, but simply transfer your weight towar the front as you cut. I've heard senseis talking about cutting and how ki ken tai no ichi is achieved not by stomping, but by simply transfering your weight. In kendo, which is hitting (although it should in theory emulate cutting) the ki ken tai no ichi has come to be stomping.