Today I’d like to explain about the
importance of defense after players hit his stroke. The following video is 2016
Gyokuryuki championship (about Gyokuryuki → https://www.learnkendo.com/2018/10/the-gyokuryuki-kendo-tournament.html)
.
Red player is Kajitani from Kyusyugakuin
high school, champion team in this tournament. This match was 7th
round for deciding quarter finalist.
Red hit backward Men at 0:12 with nice
impact sound. He snapped his wirst very well. Snaps can be trained through
swing practice (Suburi) if you do it properly.
But more than just his Men, I want to focus
after his movement. In this match, one notable point is red serial movements
after his hit. He is always attentive and little chance for opponent to find
unguarded places.
Usually, it could be vulnerable moment and
chance for opponent after the hit. If you meet opponent face-to-face, of course
you pay enough attention. However, many players tend to be careless after their
stroke wanting to appeal his hit is ippon, ironically which may give opportunity
for ippon to opponent.
Get back on the match, after 0:12 white
player chased to hit, red player protected shinai. At the same time, he moved
rightward to dodge white player to avoid one foul as well as ippon.
After his try of Gyaku Do at 0:47, he moved
up close to the opponent so as not to make a risky space for opponent to hit
him.
After 1:38 Men, he soon placed his shinai
to original position for preventing next attack of white player.
1:58 Men was timing-off and white player
delayed his reaction.
Last Do was beautiful. This time, he placed
shinai up his head when he turned around to the opponent to avoid further attack.
It is very tough to match this kind of
player because he is not only fast and powerful but also good at defense, which
makes it more difficult for opponent to find the place to hit.
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