Combination stroke like Kote to Men, is
very useful in some situation and increase ippon chance.
The following youtube video is from 2018
all Japan student kendo championship 1st round. In this match, red
player is Kamoi belongs to Kyoutosangyo Univ, and white player is Kurokawa
belongs to Keio Univ.
At around 0:47, white player’s foot was
reverse; left was front position and right was behind. It looked contradictory
footwork, but it is also one technique.
Imagine when you hit hiki-waza (stroke of
backward movement). If you place reverse position and you stepped in right foot
as stroke, then it is easier to make momentum of backward movement than normal
positioning. So some players prefer this position of foot in tsubazeriai
attachment.
At 2:00, red player stroked Kote, while
white player stroked Men. It was almost same timing, and in that case Men is
more likely to win. And white player as expected, got ippon.
At 3:04, white player dodged red player’s
Tsuki, and snapped Men. It was good timing. Red player barely escaped from this
counterattack.
After white player got ippon, he changed
strategy to focus on counterattack or combination stroke to respond to opponent
player.
White player waited for red player’s mistake
or time-up for his victory.
4:12 white player’s Men was also good aim
and timing.
At 4:33, white player precisely stroked combination
from Kote to Men and it outreached red player’s movement.
In the match, I felt red player less
frequently tried combination stroke and white player could make more chances in
that aspect.
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