Class structure
Participants are supposed to finish stretching and be warmed up before the class starts. This is important to prevent physical injury and to save time since we have only one hour for training.
The class starts with Ashi-sabaki (foot work), Suburi (sword-cut) and Haya-suburi (jumping sword-cut). These are done without Bogu (armor). Occasionally there will also be Uchikomi (running sword-cut) practice.
Then, with Bogu, we do several Kihon-waza (basic skills) such as Kirikaeshi, Men-uchi, Do-uchi, Kote-men, Kote-do, and more. We can hit the opponent's protected parts such as Men (head), Do (trunk), Kote (forearm), and Tsuki (throat). Finally, we do Keiko (one-against-one practice) with each other or with the instructor. |
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