More analysis of my kendo technique

2012-03-01 23:00:00

KendoFeb2012.m4v

Last year I saw the benefit of filming my kendo practice, so find weak points in my technique. I learned a lot from that. Tuesday, my first lesson in Amstelveen, Peter-sempai came along and filmed a little of my warming-up. I'm very grateful that he did this, because the clip above serves as a reminder of things I've been doing wrong for quite some time. 

In the second part of the clip (kirikaeshi) I'm the middle one, with his back to the camera.

• I don't move from the hips and thus my body still moves as a pendulum below my head. This is especially obvious in hayasuburi.
• My swing is still a two-step process, though less than it used to be. It lacks the 'snap' which is so obviously seen in Raoul's striking (shown when Peter pans left during the men-suburi).
• My strikes do not consistently end up at the same height. Sometimes too high, sometimes a bit too low.
• In kirikaeshi it's clearly shown that my upswing still veers off to the right, instead of over the center.
• In the kirikaeshi practice, Marli also rightly pointed out that my left heel constantly turns inward. I don't keep my feet aligned properly. 
• After viewing the clip, Raoul points out that at the end of a strike my wrists are at almost the same height, while he'd expect my left wrist to be lower (chestbone) and the arm to be a bit crooked.

The clips show plenty of stuff I like as well. The movement of my left fist isn't bad and I do believe my fumikomi is improving a little :)

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