I am a member of a group called Kendo Business Professionals, as part of the LinkedIn website network (a professional networking site c.f. to social networking like Facebook).
As my recent problem regarding leg use (#57 here) I asked the question on a discussion at the group and this is the response I received from someone in the group.
As my recent problem regarding leg use (#57 here) I asked the question on a discussion at the group and this is the response I received from someone in the group.
From Geoff SalmonBoth problems would be best cured by lots of uchikomigeiko and kakarigeiko.
In addition try this excercise to fix both problems. Practice this with a partner and take turns as motodachi. Step into correct distance, (about 15 cms past the point of his shinai and change the weight between your feet from 50:50 to 70:30 left:right foot, make sure your left heel is lifted from the ground but not too much. Build up the pressure betwen the two of you and when motodachi feels the time is right, he should take a tiny step forward on the front foot and incline his head forward slightly. You should then instantly push off from the back foot and hit debana men. You should do this until it becomes second nature. To get more forward motion, vary this drill with alternate seme men attacks, stepping in from long distance and breaking your opponents centre then pushing off and hitting in one movement.
The other thing to remember is that counters have to be forward attacks too. Nuki, kaeshi, suriage waza etc only work if you make pressure, open your kamae to draw your opponent in and then make the oji waza in one movement
I think it's fantastic to be able to have these things, and yes, I am aware of places like Kendo World Forums etc (which I don't actually visit for some reason) to provide alternative advice and views on things.
This brings up a point though in our training in that we do not do much uchikomigeiko or kakarigeiko at all, not for a while actually, and this is also something that is needed for grading too. Perhaps it is something I should bring up with our training leaders at some point. I'll give it a go, though as for the exercise further described, I will probably just have to try it in jigeiko situations as "live" training.
This brings up a point though in our training in that we do not do much uchikomigeiko or kakarigeiko at all, not for a while actually, and this is also something that is needed for grading too. Perhaps it is something I should bring up with our training leaders at some point. I'll give it a go, though as for the exercise further described, I will probably just have to try it in jigeiko situations as "live" training.
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