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Ian Dodkins wrote:
Leads to the question though, are we learning to 'swing' so we can cut with a sword? Personally I'm not.
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I use bokken swinging almost purely as a ki and dantien conditioner. Of course, as those things improve, so does my cutting ability, but that's almost incidental. If you watch Saito and others do some of their swings starting with the back of the blade almost hitting their spines (not a good martial practice and you can be sure they're not ignorant of the fact), it's obvious they're using suburi for exercise, as opposed to "cutting practice", as well.
FWIW
Mike