There are effective counter measure against
Men and Kote if you can precisely predict opponent player’s next action. For
example, you can hit Kote for Men, and hit Kote-Men or Kaeshi-Men for Kote.
But in case of Do, it is a little tricky
because without swift or just good-timing stroke of unguarded Men or Kote,
opponent player is easily able to avoid and defense.
Therefore, players need technique to hit
against Do.
The following is the youtube video to pin
point precise Kote for Do. It was 2017 Kanto preliminary tournament of student
individual. Red player is Momota belongs to Nitai university (abbreviated
commonly used name), and white player is Kawashima belongs to Dokyo university.
At 0:19, red player shifted toward white
player to show he was going to go Men. White player deceived and tried to hit
Do against Men. But, it was not Men actually but Kote and it became good enough
ippon.
At 0:43, red player showed deft
positioning, which dodge white player and avoid foul because of Jyogai (out of
playing field).
At 0:51, white player hit Tsuki. It was
rather unexpected stroke for red player and close to ippon. It might be a bit
short of strongess.
But after that, white player didn’t make
enough distance and got hit by Men. His behind was close to border, so I think
clockwise movement could prevent this unnecessary ippon of red player.
Getting back on track, hitting Kote for
player trying Do is quite difficult. Without proper timing and precise
well-trained stroke, it is not possible. This red player has excellent skills
of countermeasure of Do.
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