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Michael Hackett wrote:
... won't even approach the martial aspects as this is a demonstration video.
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That's hardly fair. He asked for our thoughts not just polite approvals. It seems strange to me to ignore the martial aspect in making invited comments on a martial art demonstration.
That said, I see the following, which is meant to be constructive, and can be incorporated without altering the flowing aspects, which are nice, I will say.
1) In the several waza before 00:30,shidachi has almost no structure behind the sword while entering uchidachi's attack. Shidachi's wrist is bent and his forearm almost parallel to the tsuka, which is extremely weak. The tsuka and the forearm should ordinarily be at almost right angles to to each other (jūji), especailly in single hand work. As it is, uchidachi could simply cut or beat past the sword (which has almost nothing backing it up) and strike shidachi easily, if not disarming him into the bargain. (In these, the same push-pull mechanics of this same individual's entry in ordinary kotegaeshi in the
prior video are in evidence again.)
2) After 00:30, a number of waza has shidachi entering with a naked extended hand -- just begging for a te-giri draw cut. Several of these, both right and left, have the same basic issues.
3) And at 2:22 -- Nobody outside of silverscreen Hollywood spun their six-guns into the holsters in Tombstone, either.... Seriously, one ought to just chiburi and noto. Lots of nifty chiburi to choose from without adding the sword flipping. Flash is for photographers.