I am introducing Men variation today.
Following is the youtube video. It is from
2018 all Japan Student championship 2nd round. Red player is
Takahashi belongs to Seiwa University, and white player is Morita belongs to
Keio University.
At 0:30, white player tried first Men. It
was standard forward directed Men.
At 1:00, red player stabbed one hand Tsuki.
It was unexpected and good timing, but unfortunately it end up in failure.
White player slashed shinai and soon countered Men before red player ran out of
his reach.
At 1:18, red player brushed off white
player’s shinai at close distance and tried Men. It was nice aim, but here also
white player killed the space and bent his posture not to be hit. He is good at
defense.
At 1:30, red player first showed his
attitude as if he was going to stroke from left side of white player, but soon
changed other side by his snap and tried to hit right side of Men backward.
White player coped with good defense here too.
At 2:22, white player on the other hand, snapped
his wrist and hit other side of Men. It was forward Men and at a moment, red
player’s footwork was slowed that white player hit critically.
Both player tried their ideas, and although
the strokes in this match were rather biased to Men. But, they showed at least
5 kinds of different Men in each situation. It was interesting to follow these Men
one by one.
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