Going for the sword
Attila told me this week to start preparing for the next grade test.
It will be held on July 29, five days before I leave behind Hungary for Japan.
I did not think he would recommend me going for it now as I think I have not done well during my last test in January (I passed tho), but probably he knows it better.
This time I will mainly have to work on sword and hanbo stuff. So now I am practicing even more the different kamae and cuts, combined with some iaijutsu. At least working on pulling out the sword from tha saya correctly - which is not easy for me as I have short arms and if I don't do it properly I can't pull it out at all. But if I think of those tiny little Japanese people who can do it - I really should not complain. If they can do it, I should be able to as well.
It's just a bit difficult with having a plain boken only, with no saya.
I am thinking about purchasing a practice-sword, a real metal one. There is someone in Hungary who makes really good quality practice swords - some guys from the Hungarian Iaido Federation told us that all of them uses those swords as they are so good quality - and the price is affordable, so I will go for it when I returned from Japan.
The hanbo part will not be a problem either, I think. I will have to perform some variations of Tsuke Iri, Koshi Ori, Ganseki otoshi (makikomi), Oni Kudaki (omote, ura) - as far as I know Attila, he will require them against random attacks.
And there will be two more throws: Tomoe Nage and Uchi Mata.
So I think this one will be an easy test - however A. said on the last training that mine will ast for about 45 minutes. Huh, I suspect that he has for me something "extra" in his pocket.
It will be held on July 29, five days before I leave behind Hungary for Japan.
I did not think he would recommend me going for it now as I think I have not done well during my last test in January (I passed tho), but probably he knows it better.
This time I will mainly have to work on sword and hanbo stuff. So now I am practicing even more the different kamae and cuts, combined with some iaijutsu. At least working on pulling out the sword from tha saya correctly - which is not easy for me as I have short arms and if I don't do it properly I can't pull it out at all. But if I think of those tiny little Japanese people who can do it - I really should not complain. If they can do it, I should be able to as well.
It's just a bit difficult with having a plain boken only, with no saya.
I am thinking about purchasing a practice-sword, a real metal one. There is someone in Hungary who makes really good quality practice swords - some guys from the Hungarian Iaido Federation told us that all of them uses those swords as they are so good quality - and the price is affordable, so I will go for it when I returned from Japan.
The hanbo part will not be a problem either, I think. I will have to perform some variations of Tsuke Iri, Koshi Ori, Ganseki otoshi (makikomi), Oni Kudaki (omote, ura) - as far as I know Attila, he will require them against random attacks.
And there will be two more throws: Tomoe Nage and Uchi Mata.
So I think this one will be an easy test - however A. said on the last training that mine will ast for about 45 minutes. Huh, I suspect that he has for me something "extra" in his pocket.
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