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Old 05-31-2014, 04:34 PM   #40
Dan Rubin
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Re: bokken strike style

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Keith Larman wrote: View Post
But a "cut" with no draw (or push for that matter) that simply lands flat will do some damage but will be very unlikely to cut through much at all -- it's simply a matter of how blades work.... The Japanese sword doesn't work all that well as an axe -- wrong blade shape and design. And an awful lot of Aikido Bokken "cuts" I've seen over my time would really not work well with a real blade against, well, most anything as a target.
I was under the impression that a sword cut to the top of the forehead would not require a draw or push because the slicing action is provided by (1) the curve of the blade, (2) the roundness of the head, and (3) the vertical rotation of the swing. Apparently I'm wrong.

Do these factors enter into sword cuts at all?
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