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Mike Sigman wrote:
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.
Mike
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That Iwama rear swing has always really bugged me. I never do it and can see no logical reason why I should. I have confronted several sensei with it and have not yet heard a good reason why I should do it. For me, the sword work is to help my Aikido technique, yes, but there is a limit to what I will do without logical explanation. In fact, martially, I think it does more harm than good. Can anyone give me a good reason why they do that in Iwama-ryu?
PS I was sat next to a KSR/Aikido sensei at the Budokan - about 1992 or 1993 - and he was laughing his head off at several Aikido sword demos.