.....pensons efficacement... Y a pas story pour gagner,des outils Pour se hisser,un ÉTANG... POUR SE DISTINGUER... Les escrimeurs se continuent... Par fois ...démons
I wanna do fencing but my mom thinks it is dangerous so I have been considering Kendo since it is a wooden stick lol but I have no clue what people were cheering for in this lol
To get a point in kendo a strike must satisfy the requirements of "yuko datotsu": 1. Datotsubui - the correct part of the shinai representing the monouchi must strike an armored target area i.e. top of the head, neck, forearms, or underneath the ribs. 2. Hasuji - the path of shinai should have correct alignment with the elbows, wrists, bamboo staves, and area of impact. 3. Shisei - the strike must be executed with appropriate posture. Roughly it should be plausible that power generation in the strike is from the footwork. 4. Kisei - the strike must be executed with full spirit. Roughly ones attitude must be the opposite of flinching. 5. Zanshin - one must remain both physically and mentally in the match after the strike is made, one must not celebrate and should be capable to attack and defend. These criteria are tricky to satisfy all at once, let alone to clarify for the judges.
The point of sports is to win, you strive to overcome your opponent. The point of budo is to refine your spirit through your technique, you strive to overcome the self. Kendo is budo. Sports chanbara is sport.
im so confused the japanese guy got him like 7 times in the first round before he even struck. and yet they called the head tap as a point. this is why point fighting is bs
Kendo has very strict quality of strike critetia, those seven strikes did not meet the criteria. Kendo is not a combat simulation, it descends from a training exercise (gekiken) from various kenjutsu schools used to develop intensity of spirit and an understanding of opportunity.
The thing is these sports aren't nearly as realistic as people think they are. Sparring makes sense that it would be this way, but in real life you would be much more cautious because your life is at stake. That is one of the things i never understood, logically if you know you aren't going to die or even be injured, both parties do the thing that gets the the points fastest, but when you are gambling with your life you are going to play much MUCH more cautious and the fights are going to be a little more tedious. I recognize that isn't always the case, as some warriors were brutal and willing to give up their lives without question but I think it's just more nuanced than a lot of people seem to think.
I love the exchange near the 26 minute mark. You see the Japanese guy trip the Korean, possibly on accident, but still too much force. 10 seconds later the Korean guy gets him back in a very clear intentional shove. The judge doesn’t say anything probably because he thought it made them equal and didn’t feel the need to intervene. (That’s only a guess based on his personality. He’s a seventh Dan kendoka, Uwe Kumpf from katana dojo in Frankfurt. I know him, and I’ve done Keiko at his dojo before, so it’s just a guess based on the way he acts and speaks).
