I am introducing Kanagawa high school preliminary tournament in 2014. In each prefecture, 2 players are entitled to go all Japan high school championship. So they were already entitled
to join all japan high school championship.
Tanamoto is a superb player whose Men was
like Jumping literally. For me, it is most beautiful Men.
White side is Tanamoto from Toukaisagami
high school and red side is Nakayama from Kamakuragakuen high school. The
following is from the youtube video.
White player showed his strong suit from
the beginning, most beautiful Men.
In this match however, red player was good
at pressuring white player. So, sometimes white player had to clinch for
defense.
4:29 red player’s Kote was maybe because he
predicted white player came Men and Kote was for counter hit.
In this match, both players used their
footwork very nicely and it made the match interesting. (Otherwise soon one
side would win a match).
Another interesting point in both players
was the difference how to hold shinai handle. Red player set space between both
hands narrower, but white players hold edge of handle, so it became larger the
space.
In general, it is said if space between
hands,
Narrower: merit attacking distant place
Wider: merit for counter or manage closer
handling
6:50, white player showed Men again. 7:20
he also jumped Men, with rapidly rounding shinai before stroke. It had effect
deluding opponent.
At 7:25, he stroked Kote. Kote or Do become
more effective if a player has strong Men, because opponent player pays attention
to Men and therefore it is easier to be careless for protecting Kote or Do.
Here, although Kote was not ippon, his Kote was unguarded and likely to be hit.
Red player’s Do at 8:01 was good aim.
Strong Kote or Do makes Men easier vise versa above mentioned.
At 9:13, white player decided sharp Men. At
the moment, red player wasn’t able to react properly and Men became ippon.
His technique was charismatic and enchanted
audiences in 2014!
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