Fight like samurai

[Doughbelly]

:redface::redface:Isn't kendo an olympic discipline ?

Nope.

A sword and a shinai are totally different things. You could not efficiently use a sword the way a kendoka uses a shinai. Shinai are very light, they are balanced differently, they do not have any sense of fuhlen nor do they bind upon a cross. In kendo the object is to get the hit..in swordfighting the object is not to get hit. It leads to a completely different mentality and set of techniques. Two kendoka fighting with swords as if they were doing Kendo would kill each other very quickly.

A kendoka has many valuable skills that would translate well...quickness, timing, distance, but the actual mechanics of sword use are not really one of them.

Same is true of modern sport fencing. Due to scoring criteria, you'd have two guys who've run each other through.

 

[Phlog]

Toyama ryu is not some spiritual trip. It's practical sword use with emphasis on the quick draw, cutting practice and multiple opponents. It was created to teach Japanese military officers for war.

Normally I'm down with promoting combat sports. In this case however.... It's points fighting tkd vs bare knuckle mma. Kendo loses.

 

[JOE QUEEF]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iaido

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