-Ryuji and Keotsu- The way of the sword.

[Ryuji]

*I place my Bokken in a vertical position and bracing my elbow to my trunk, and brace it against my chest*

Ready...kill me............I mean teach me O_O

 

[KeotsuEclipse]

*I place my Bokken in a vertical position and bracing my elbow to my trunk, and brace it against my chest*

Ready...kill me............I mean teach me O_O

*Stepping forward, I slice from your right to left, my bokken colliding with yours.*

Hm, good.

Alright, the next move is the two-handed variant of that block - you'll be using two-hands to block it instead of one, as I'll be using a two-handed slash.

The variation in this block is that not only will you have two hands on the hilt, but you'll actually have it braced against your side.

If you can't do a frontal guard (we'll cover it next), I recommend either parrying a horizontal slash. But, we'll cover that later.

Ready?

 

[Ryuji]

*I place my hand in the hilt of my Bokken and start focusing a lot of strenght in it, and start bracing an little against my side waiting for your strike*

Yup

 

[KeotsuEclipse]

*I place my hand in the hilt of my Bokken and start focusing a lot of strenght in it, and start bracing an little against my side waiting for your strike*

Yup

*I swing my bokken with both hands - the blades collide, your bokken stopping mine from hitting you, but sending a bolt through your body.*

Good.

Next is the guard against vertical attacks, which is undoubtedly easier.

To begin with..the one-handed variant.

If you opponent attacks you with a one-handed vertical attack, you can stop it by holding your bokken horizontally, and lifting it into the strike, almost like you're uppercutting.

It makes a + and is a relatively simple guard - know this, though: you want to get the blade to hit as close to the tsuba as possible. If they hit too far up the blade, they'll blow through your guard and possibly strike you.

You want me to demonstrate?

 

[Ryuji]

Yes please :3

Oh and sorry about my 3/4 days late reply O_O

 

[KeotsuEclipse]

Yes please :3

Oh and sorry about my 3/4 days late reply O_O

xd It's fine.

Please attack me with a one-handed vertical slash.

 

[Ryuji]

*I place my right hand on the hilt of my Bokken and take a step, while attacking you with a vertical slash*

 

[KeotsuEclipse]

*I place my right hand on the hilt of my Bokken and take a step, while attacking you with a vertical slash*

*As your bokken comes down, I turn my horizontally with the tip facing left. Raising my bokken and sliding it to the left, I position it so that your strike lands close to the hand guard.*

Understand?

 

[Ryuji]

Yup I understand...so now what are you gona attack me and I have to defend myself?

 

[KeotsuEclipse]

Yup I understand...so now what are you gona attack me and I have to defend myself?

Yep.

*Placing my right hand on my bokken, I step forward and attack you with a one-handed vertical slash.*

 

[Ryuji]

*as your strikes comes down I place my Bokken in a horizontal obove me with the tip facing left, then as you and i clash I tilt my Bokken to the left making your Bokken slide away from me (left)*

 

[KeotsuEclipse]

*as your strikes comes down I place my Bokken in a horizontal obove me with the tip facing left, then as you and i clash I tilt my Bokken to the left making your Bokken slide away from me (left)*

Bravo. I would not have thought to tell you that - making their blade slide off of yours was a very good move.

Now, if you wouldn't mind...it's been so long, I'm not quite sure what all we've covered. I believe all we have is the two handed guards, but would you please list everything we've covered? o-O"

 

[Ryuji]

Thanks =D

Vertical Slash = (one and two hands)
Horizontal Slash = (one and two hands)
Stab = (one hand only)
Lunge = (one and two hands)
Guarding = (from all of the above moves with one and two hands)

And I'm not sure if we did the diagonal slash, I belive you only taught me how to guard against it.

 

[KeotsuEclipse]

Thanks =D

Vertical Slash = (one and two hands)
Horizontal Slash = (one and two hands)
Stab = (one hand only)
Lunge = (one and two hands)
Guarding = (from all of the above moves with one and two hands)

And I'm not sure if we did the diagonal slash, I belive you only taught me how to guard against it.

Well, we can cover the diagonal if you want. o_o I usually don't cover it.

Okay, so we have covered guarding against two-handed slashes? Or do we still have yet to cover those?

 

[Ryuji]

We did O_O

 

[KeotsuEclipse]

We did O_O

xd Okay, okay, so diagonal slashes then.

First, the one-handed variant.

Diagonal slashes run either top/bottom right/left to top/bottom left/right. They run like this ( " \ " ) and this ( " / " ).

Diagonal slashes are the most common attack, really, as you're not going to swing your arm straight up and down usually, and so the strike will have some angle to it.

Depending on the steepness of the attack, it may be guarded with either a + or X guard.

First, try by swinging your blade from your left to right, from about shoulder height down to your ankle - step forward into the slash.

 

[Ryuji]

*I grab my Bokken then I place it's tip above my left shoulder and swing it down while taking a step forward ending with the tip of my Bokken at the height of my ankle*

 

[KeotsuEclipse]

*I grab my Bokken then I place it's tip above my left shoulder and swing it down while taking a step forward ending with the tip of my Bokken at the height of my ankle*

Good. Now, the other direction.

 

[Ryuji]

*I raise my bokken and place it's tip above my right shoulder, and swing it down while taking a step forward, ending with the tip at the heigh of my ankle*

 

[KeotsuEclipse]

Alright, good. ^_^

Now, like the other slashes, the diagonal's two-handed variants are simple changes - simply place your other hand on the bokken, and adjust your swing accordingly, to accommodate for your other hand being on the hilt.

In terms of simplicity, it's with the vertical slash as the easiest two hand.

Do both directions, two handed please.