I use the stirring analogy as well when explaining the hand work. I also practice this motion by resting my kensen on the mune of my practice partner, have them raise their hands out of the way of the Do and "stir" the shinai into striking the Do. Works really well as an introduction into that motion.
Very insightful video. I’m glad someone has the courage and know-how to break kaeshi dou down. What I do to make my kaeshi dou where I don’t wait. Instead of stepping diagonally with my right foot,as soon as I catch my opponent’s shinai I start turning my hands for the dou strike and i pivot with my left leg to the right to get that 45 degree. It gives me more speed and more impact on the strike and the pivot also automatically gives me my escape route for zanshin. As soon as I finish the pivot I come into an automatic light fumikomi
Love the soup analogy. I once had to use the Micheal Jackson dance move where he pushed his hips strongly forward to describe how a proper strong hip impact on fumikomi should be.
Hi! I am not a kendoka, but I enjoy learning. I have a very beginner's question : does this technique really stops the movement of the attack? I found it impressive that such a slight angle could block a strong swing. Thank you for your teaching!
First let me say thank you for watching specially since you don't practice kendo, I always get excited for non kendo people to know about kendo so I appreciate you watching. Regarding the block, with Kaeshi technique you are not looking to completely stop the opponent's sword, instead put it outside of the strike area. I think the best way to see it is that if you imagine trying to bluntly stoping a sword would damage your sword, so instead you are using the side of the sword as well as moving out of the way, then using their energy to move your sword and return the cut. I hope this makes sense if you have any questions I also do live streams on the weekends. If you don't mind me asking if you have any suggestions on making kendo interesting to people who never knew about it, I would enjoy an "out side" point of view. Thank you again for watching .
@@Kendotips Thank you so much! This makes a lot of sense to me. THat's is how I thought it should work but looking at the training it seems that the attacker is holding back (probably for the purpose of training). I am not completly unfamiliar to Kendo, in fact, a friend thought me some basics of Kenjutsu. I cannot speak for most people, but I like to learn proper technique; how to hold the sword, how to swing it, how to block or defend, etc. Thank you very much for your time!
Blocking away from yourself and far away as possible is the "right kihon", but never really works in high level shiai with fast opponents. Was analyzing back in the day eiga's, takanabe's and teramoto's kaeshi do's. All of them block it with hands towards the body, so their do strike is only the downwards motion, as you don't have time to block in front and swing around for the do.
I actually have a video analyzing Eiga sensei's kaeshi do, and there are a couple things to note. When doing kaeshi (evven for Kihon) the goal is not to catch the shinai as far away as possible, but instead catch it "forward" meaning that you want to use the tip of your shinai rather than "pulling" the arms back and receiving the hit backwards. This will cause to be way too close for you to have time to give a valid strike. Also the idea is not to block and then swing, instead the deflection to be part of the swing. Maybe I should update a couple of things in this video, thank you for watching and bringing this up!
@@Kendotips I find all things seme related pretty hard to describe. I either put lots of pressure on and then try to let my opponent fall into a "seme vacuum" at some point, where he just has to attack to vent the pressure. Works best on opponents I already control easily. So, make them barely defend against that wall of seme, then present an obvious way forward... of course only works if the pressure build up was enough. Or, I try to get her/him antsy to attack and make them believe they can hit my men. Then super small step forward with either foot while giving away center line just a bit. People who are offensive minded usually get baited by this if done subtle enough. If maai is an issue because of speed (it usually is ;)) then I try to do it with my left foot.
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I use the stirring analogy as well when explaining the hand work. I also practice this motion by resting my kensen on the mune of my practice partner, have them raise their hands out of the way of the Do and "stir" the shinai into striking the Do. Works really well as an introduction into that motion.
I'm so happy I'm not the only one that sees it like that hahaha. Thank you for watching!
Very insightful video. I’m glad someone has the courage and know-how to break kaeshi dou down. What I do to make my kaeshi dou where I don’t wait. Instead of stepping diagonally with my right foot,as soon as I catch my opponent’s shinai I start turning my hands for the dou strike and i pivot with my left leg to the right to get that 45 degree. It gives me more speed and more impact on the strike and the pivot also automatically gives me my escape route for zanshin. As soon as I finish the pivot I come into an automatic light fumikomi
Nice video! Kaeshi do was always difficult for me now it makes more sense.
I love the intro too
Thanks! 😄 Finally someone said something about the intro, hahaha I spent so much time on it hahaha Thank you bro!
Wonderful explanation!!! Thank you🙏
Glad you liked it, let me know if I can be of further help
Another spot on video Jose . Nicely broken down and well explained ! Thanks again !
Much appreciated, really thank you for watching and the support, If you could share It helps the channel a lot!
I remember my first Kendo Tournament.
Nuki Do and Kaeshi Do, was the move I won the tournament and place me as 3rd placer.
Congratulations, I don't think I had that awareness on my first tournament hahaha!
Love the soup analogy. I once had to use the Micheal Jackson dance move where he pushed his hips strongly forward to describe how a proper strong hip impact on fumikomi should be.
Thank you, Yes analogies I think help a lot with learning some concepts in Kendo.
Never mind technic! I want that little Sinai😀🤣🤣👍👍👍
Those were a gift, but I believe several shops have them including e-bogu
Hi! I am not a kendoka, but I enjoy learning. I have a very beginner's question : does this technique really stops the movement of the attack? I found it impressive that such a slight angle could block a strong swing.
Thank you for your teaching!
First let me say thank you for watching specially since you don't practice kendo, I always get excited for non kendo people to know about kendo so I appreciate you watching.
Regarding the block, with Kaeshi technique you are not looking to completely stop the opponent's sword, instead put it outside of the strike area. I think the best way to see it is that if you imagine trying to bluntly stoping a sword would damage your sword, so instead you are using the side of the sword as well as moving out of the way, then using their energy to move your sword and return the cut.
I hope this makes sense if you have any questions I also do live streams on the weekends. If you don't mind me asking if you have any suggestions on making kendo interesting to people who never knew about it, I would enjoy an "out side" point of view. Thank you again for watching .
@@Kendotips Thank you so much! This makes a lot of sense to me. THat's is how I thought it should work but looking at the training it seems that the attacker is holding back (probably for the purpose of training).
I am not completly unfamiliar to Kendo, in fact, a friend thought me some basics of Kenjutsu.
I cannot speak for most people, but I like to learn proper technique; how to hold the sword, how to swing it, how to block or defend, etc.
Thank you very much for your time!
Gracias!!!
Muchas gracias por seguir viendo y apoyando el canal!
Blocking away from yourself and far away as possible is the "right kihon", but never really works in high level shiai with fast opponents. Was analyzing back in the day eiga's, takanabe's and teramoto's kaeshi do's. All of them block it with hands towards the body, so their do strike is only the downwards motion, as you don't have time to block in front and swing around for the do.
I actually have a video analyzing Eiga sensei's kaeshi do, and there are a couple things to note. When doing kaeshi (evven for Kihon) the goal is not to catch the shinai as far away as possible, but instead catch it "forward" meaning that you want to use the tip of your shinai rather than "pulling" the arms back and receiving the hit backwards. This will cause to be way too close for you to have time to give a valid strike. Also the idea is not to block and then swing, instead the deflection to be part of the swing. Maybe I should update a couple of things in this video, thank you for watching and bringing this up!
Stirring a big soup..😆 Never heard that one before ...fair enough .
I got plenty of these funny analogies hahaha
my tokui oji waza :)
That's awesome, what are some of the ways you use to set it up? Thank you for watching by the way
@@Kendotips I find all things seme related pretty hard to describe. I either put lots of pressure on and then try to let my opponent fall into a "seme vacuum" at some point, where he just has to attack to vent the pressure. Works best on opponents I already control easily. So, make them barely defend against that wall of seme, then present an obvious way forward... of course only works if the pressure build up was enough.
Or, I try to get her/him antsy to attack and make them believe they can hit my men. Then super small step forward with either foot while giving away center line just a bit. People who are offensive minded usually get baited by this if done subtle enough. If maai is an issue because of speed (it usually is ;)) then I try to do it with my left foot.