Koetsu teaches me how to use a sword
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*Walks up with a case full of bokken and katana* *Thinking "Maybe I should just change my name to Koetsu..."*
Anyway, please tell me what all you know of the sword.
Anyway, please tell me what all you know of the sword.
Well, swords are weapons used to cut and slash people or objects, like a tree or something. Swords are most of the time made with steel I think, and of course are very sharp. There are special swords, and I don't know there names, but some can take the opponents chakra away from them. I also believe most swords can be used with chakra to do a very powerful slash, and the chakra will not only increase power, but sharpness as well. Swords come in many shapes and sizes, like zabuzas huge and thick sword, or sasukes small skinny one.
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Yes, there are many different kinds of swords, such as longswords, claymores, katana, rapiers, and many more.
About the chakra - that my be true, but that's not something I do, or was ever shown how to do. I imagine that I myself will eventually get to that point, but what I'm going to show you is how I fight - using your own strength, agility, and speed to fight with.
*Hands you a bokken*
That's a bokken. Basically, it's a katana made out of wood, instead of steel.
Now, do you know how to do any kind of strike?
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Good, good, that'll make things go much faster and smoother for us.
Now, first and foremost, I want you to show me (describe your movements in detail) how you do each of the slashes you listed above.
ok, heres horizontal.
*Holding the bokken, I move my left foot slightly more in front of me than my right, and my right is a couple inces behind me, kind of like in baseball, when you have the bat. My bent left elbow is in front of me, under my head where my chest is but about a foot away from it, and my left hand under my right hand holding the hilt of the sword. My bent right elbow is a couple inches behind where my right foot would be. I swing the sword, where the sharp side would be angled at the direction of where I am swinging and both my arms straighten out to almost full length and the bokken is now on my left side, then I bring it back to my original baseball like stance*
And now for vertical.
*I get in a position where my bokken is behind me, almost touching my back, and my bent arms holding the bokken, left hand under right, and my feet are in the exact same position. I then do a quick swish noise as the bokken goes from my back over my head, as my arms straightened out, to in front of me, now pointing at the ground*
And diagonally.
*I keep my feet in the same place, and I put my bent right elbow in the same place as horizontal but my right forearm is now facing up, and the bokken pointing behind me, over my right shoulder and my left bent arm right in front of my face. I then swing the sword from over my right shoulder, towards my left leg, as my arms straightened out during the actual swing*
So how was that?
*Holding the bokken, I move my left foot slightly more in front of me than my right, and my right is a couple inces behind me, kind of like in baseball, when you have the bat. My bent left elbow is in front of me, under my head where my chest is but about a foot away from it, and my left hand under my right hand holding the hilt of the sword. My bent right elbow is a couple inches behind where my right foot would be. I swing the sword, where the sharp side would be angled at the direction of where I am swinging and both my arms straighten out to almost full length and the bokken is now on my left side, then I bring it back to my original baseball like stance*
And now for vertical.
*I get in a position where my bokken is behind me, almost touching my back, and my bent arms holding the bokken, left hand under right, and my feet are in the exact same position. I then do a quick swish noise as the bokken goes from my back over my head, as my arms straightened out, to in front of me, now pointing at the ground*
And diagonally.
*I keep my feet in the same place, and I put my bent right elbow in the same place as horizontal but my right forearm is now facing up, and the bokken pointing behind me, over my right shoulder and my left bent arm right in front of my face. I then swing the sword from over my right shoulder, towards my left leg, as my arms straightened out during the actual swing*
So how was that?
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VERY good.ok, heres horizontal.
*Holding the bokken, I move my left foot slightly more in front of me than my right, and my right is a couple inces behind me, kind of like in baseball, when you have the bat. My bent left elbow is in front of me, under my head where my chest is but about a foot away from it, and my left hand under my right hand holding the hilt of the sword. My bent right elbow is a couple inches behind where my right foot would be. I swing the sword, where the sharp side would be angled at the direction of where I am swinging and both my arms straighten out to almost full length and the bokken is now on my left side, then I bring it back to my original baseball like stance*
And now for vertical.
*I get in a position where my bokken is behind me, almost touching my back, and my bent arms holding the bokken, left hand under right, and my feet are in the exact same position. I then do a quick swish noise as the bokken goes from my back over my head, as my arms straightened out, to in front of me, now pointing at the ground*
And diagonally.
*I keep my feet in the same place, and I put my bent right elbow in the same place as horizontal but my right forearm is now facing up, and the bokken pointing behind me, over my right shoulder and my left bent arm right in front of my face. I then swing the sword from over my right shoulder, towards my left leg, as my arms straightened out during the actual swing*
So how was that?
Do you know the one-handed variants of those moves?
If you already know this much, I'll just have to show you stabs, dodging, and some battle practice.
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Dang, I didnt even think it was that good, I thought you were going to correct the crap outta me! But, I guess the one handed variants of this would be the same, but with vertical it would be a little different, like if I did it with my right hand, the vertical slash would be more on the right side on my body. Other than that it would be the same right?
And I guess im ready for the stabs dodging and battle practice if the one-handed thing I just wrote about is correct. But uh just in case-
Horizontal-
I use my right hand to hold the bokken and I have my arm completly straightened out, the bokken pointing at the ground, to my right. Then very quickly, I bend my arm and move it upwards, moving the bokken from below my waist to a couple inches over my shoulder, then twisting my wrist a little bit to angle where the sharp side of the bokken would be pointing directly in front of me, and at the same time extending my arm and swinging to my left side, much like I did with my two handed horizontal strike, then to show off, I move my bokken slowly diagonally downwards and to my right, lift it up and slash down without moving my body, directly to the right of me, as if I was getting blood off the bokken without having to touch it*
Do you want me to try the other strikes or should I retry this one?
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Actually, I think that was pretty good. I'm not here to dog you into perfection - I want to make sure you know how the strike works.
And no, that was good too.
Stabs are simple.
A stab is mainly used as a quick method of attack, often because it can't be blocked - it must be either countered or dodged, and it's speed and direction can be favorable in comboing strikes, provided you know how to.
I'll show you both the one handed variant and the two-handed variant, or lunge.
*To start, I place one hand on my bokken's hilt just below the tsuba (hand guard) of the weapon. Raising my right arm so that my forearm is level with my shoulder, and so that the blade's tip is pointing in front of me, and with my wrist positioned so that it is equivalent to my chest (my elbow would be farther back behind me, while my wrist and chest would be on the same plane), I thrust my arm forward, extending my arm and turning my wrist to the outside to keep the blade straight.
To do the two-handed variant, or lunge, I place both hands on my bokken's hilt, in the same manner as the stab, though I place my left hand beneath my right on the hilt, and I then step forward, after having placed my arm in a similar position as I did with the stab, except I know have my left arm crossing my chest so I can maintain my grip on the bokken, and thrust forward, unfolding my arm again and using my left arm to add additional force to the attack.*
Please do a stab and lunge.
Ok, the one-handed stab.
*Holding the bokken, right hand below the tsuba, I lift my arm so that my right forearm is level with my shoulder. The tip of the blade is pointing in front of me, and my wrist is on the same plane with my chest and my elbow is far back behind me. I then extend my arm out directly in front of me, twisting my wrist so that the sword stays straight during the stab.*
And the lunge.
*I then take the same stance as the stab, but I now have my left hand under my right hand, and with my left elbow in front of my chest. Then I take a step forward, with a good grip of the bokken, and then thrust forward and extend my arms out making the tip of the bokken go forward, far in front of me*
How was that?
*Holding the bokken, right hand below the tsuba, I lift my arm so that my right forearm is level with my shoulder. The tip of the blade is pointing in front of me, and my wrist is on the same plane with my chest and my elbow is far back behind me. I then extend my arm out directly in front of me, twisting my wrist so that the sword stays straight during the stab.*
And the lunge.
*I then take the same stance as the stab, but I now have my left hand under my right hand, and with my left elbow in front of my chest. Then I take a step forward, with a good grip of the bokken, and then thrust forward and extend my arms out making the tip of the bokken go forward, far in front of me*
How was that?
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Good.
A stab or lunge is often used because of their speed and difficulty to get around - while many swordsman will try and go straight into a counter attack, or will simply block a move to create a stalemate in which the user with the better knowledge of grappling will win, a stab can't be blocked.
Up until this morning, I thought that to be the case.
I can't describe the moves well, as I haven't had time to analyze them, but this video gives good advice on how to defend against a stab or lunge.
Now, do you know the basics of guarding? As in, which strikes are used to guard against others?
We'll cover guarding next, follow by some methods of dodging, and then we'll move on to battle practice.
Well, uh, my computer isnt that great so it does not let me watch any kind of youtube videos, so I am not able to see the video unfortunately. But to guard a stab I would do a horizontal slash but have my hand angled to where the tip of the sword is facing upwards and the sharp edge of the sword is pointing in the direction of the opponents sword (When they are stabbing me), so that there sword is moved to the side and they are open for a quick attack.
To guard horizontal strikes, I would block with a horizontal strike, angling the tip of the sword upwards so that they hit eachother and not me or the enemy.
To guard a vertical I would use a horizontal strike but aim it up at the enemys sword so that I hit it before it hits me.
To block a diagonal, I would do a diagonal in the opposite direction. Like if you did a diagonal from top left to bottom right, I would do bottom right to top left. Of course there are other better ways to block, but thats why im here training with you. So uh, did I get any of that wrong?
If so, im totally ready to correct it.
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