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Matthew Gano wrote:
What are the tell-tales for that?
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In that link I pointed out starting at 3:15, look in particular at the overhead view shortly after. See his butt moving back away from the cut? Then go back and look at his cuts from the side again. See that wave of laxity traveling down through his body, the subtle whiplash quality of the movement? Watch as his hip collapses back slightly and tilts anteriorly, causing his entire body to tilt up and over, like he was momentarily falling over some imaginary thing - in reality falling over a very real thing, his front leg. That's power being directed against the skeleton, into points of collapse, rather than through it. But that is why I asked, because I don't really know, according to specific sword school criterion, is that a good sword cut? I am no expert at sword cuts, I am just pointing out things I see that I have been sensitized towards diagnosing and working on correcting in my own body.