Master Choi visited our training yesterday and watched us train before providing some input to our training. After watching our kirikaeshi, he made some comments.
For kirikaeshi, we do it because it has all of the elements of Kendo. Kihon cuts, footwork, sayu-men, ki-ken-tai and so on. But, what can you learn from it? It is important to get distance. If you can master distance during kirikaeshi, it makes a huge difference since you can cut any opponent height at the right distances.
In addition to this you do not have to go fast, but have good posture. The key point to making the cuts is keeping center with your left hand. Young people are more energetic, and you must control the left hand to retain center. In correct application of the sayu-men, the kensen should not leave the width of your shoulders on the backswing. The swing should be big, so that the kensen also has a wide arc.
Other than that, Master Choi mentioned that he likes the training at our club because we always train hard.
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