I introduce very exciting team match today.
It was 2016 spring season all japan high school kendo tournament semifinal. Red
team was Kyusyugakuin from Kumamoto and white team is Reitakumizunami from Gifu
prefecture.
From first three matches, white team chuken
won his match, so score from red to white was 0(0) – 1(1); red team
Kyusyugakuin was one winner and ippon behind before Fukusho match.
The following is youtube video of Fukusho
and Taisho matches. Especially Taisho match is so exciting and mainly I focus
on Taisho match.
Fukusho player of red team is Kajitani and
white player is Morikoshi. In this match, the kendo styles of both players are
different; so the characteristic of red player is like fast, aggressive,
unexpected movement. White player is standard, powerful, steady style.
1:11 white player’s Kote was good timing.
But soon after that at 1:29, red player got Men ippon after he feint and white
player was deceived for a moment.
Even after red player got ippon, he kept
attacking and tried to hit wherever he could hit. It made more difficult for
white player to get ippon back. And time limit came.
So before Taisho match, the score was
totally even 1(1) – 1(1) and the team result was depend on Taisho match.
Taisho player was Hoshiko (red) and Kosumi
(white).
First around 6:20-, white player set about
Men.
At 7:15 white player also stroked Kote, but
this time red player first invaded white player’s territory and might be
disfavorable for white player.
In case of 3:38’s Men, it was also the
same; white player was under pressure of red player’s invasion. Same things
happened at around 8:00.
So first 2 minutes of their play, even
though white player hit more, but psychologically the situation was reverse I imagine.
Gradually, white player decreased his
opportunities of stroke and red player dominated his attack.
Finally, at 10:19 after red player made
enough pressure to raise opponent hands, he hit amazing Kote. Before this Kote,
red player stroked Men twice consecutively and that might also confuse white player
and help successful hitting Kote.
Remaining time was limited and white player
had to get ippon back. Therefore, white player came to stroke more frequently
and increased his chances.
But this was also the chance for red player,
too. Because with closer distance, both player not only one side had the chance
to get ippon equally. Red player didn’t miss this chance.
At 10:56 after red player stroked hiki-Men,
he consecutively jumped into opponent player’s Men and this became ippon. As explained,
white player wanted to get ippon back and unconsciously he approached a bit
closer to the territory of red player’s convenience.
What a fight! I just respect his skill and psychology
strength.
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