Naginata Love
Okay, so . . .
Notes from last week.
I have a kiai! It is mighty! How did that happen? I'll tell you:
There are younger, more beginnery girls than I now. ^_^ I like helping, and if yelling loud is helpful to show them how to kiai, I can do that too. Apparently. So I was going up and down the floor all by myself with big kiai.
And working on my front hand in hasso no kamae, because sometimes it doesn't go to my hip. And working on squaring my shoulders, and not over-rotating, and putting my hips into it, and following through with the strike, and . . .
Not letting the following-through infect my iai . . .
Yikes. But also doing pretty good I think with remembering the sequences of things, because of the other girls not having as much practice I had to do some guiding. I've only been doing this about 6 months, and most of that on my own, but at least I've got that much confidence.
Also, a discussion on Kendo World in which K got involved yields this, which is some really good naginataka in a friendly match.
JSS 25th Anniversary / Naginata Demo 8 from PJ Magpayo on Vimeo.
The jodan no kamae @ 50 is the issue under discussion. I like the wakigamae he takes at about 60, and really love the way she presses @ 1:50. Their still parts are very still -- not twitchy. Makes for good absorptive learning. Plus, what a wonderful echoey space!
Notes from last week.
I have a kiai! It is mighty! How did that happen? I'll tell you:
There are younger, more beginnery girls than I now. ^_^ I like helping, and if yelling loud is helpful to show them how to kiai, I can do that too. Apparently. So I was going up and down the floor all by myself with big kiai.
And working on my front hand in hasso no kamae, because sometimes it doesn't go to my hip. And working on squaring my shoulders, and not over-rotating, and putting my hips into it, and following through with the strike, and . . .
Not letting the following-through infect my iai . . .
Yikes. But also doing pretty good I think with remembering the sequences of things, because of the other girls not having as much practice I had to do some guiding. I've only been doing this about 6 months, and most of that on my own, but at least I've got that much confidence.
Also, a discussion on Kendo World in which K got involved yields this, which is some really good naginataka in a friendly match.
You can watch this video on www.livejournal.com
JSS 25th Anniversary / Naginata Demo 8 from PJ Magpayo on Vimeo.
The jodan no kamae @ 50 is the issue under discussion. I like the wakigamae he takes at about 60, and really love the way she presses @ 1:50. Their still parts are very still -- not twitchy. Makes for good absorptive learning. Plus, what a wonderful echoey space!