Monday, 19 August 2013 at 09:49 Posted by Shadley Hax 0 Comments

So, this is a new challenge from FSC. An "Inazuma" pattern on 3 bottles. If you don't know what that is, its 3 cuts, all diagonal, 2 cuts in the same direction and the adjoining cut in the opposite, colloquially known as the 'Lightning cut'.


This for example is "Inazuma Giri", the opposite flow of cuts is called "Gyaku Inazuma Giri".

For a good reference for these sorts of things, start here http://www.toyamaryu.org/Tameshigiri_Basics.htm

So yeah, 3 cuts, 3 bottles with this pattern. It looks evil hard but I spose it's something that will improve my technique regardless of whether or not I manage it. With my newer lighter sword coming any day soon, and my recent heavy training with a larger heavier sword, maybe this won't be as hard as I had imagined.


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