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Sword Cutting: Use the Techniques That You're Trained In.

4,237 views · Published 17 March 2015 · 5:58 · Indexed 22 October 2026

Channel: Swordsage · 2015 · Entertainment

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It was a nice warm day, so I thought it would be great for some sword cutting. However, instead of just showing you guys just how rusty I am, I thought it would be a good time to discuss something that I've noticed a few people doing when they cut... namely, they are cutting in a way that doesn't match how they train. Either they are using techniques intended for another weapon (usually a katana) or they are making these huge cuts that would leave them up in a real fight. It's something that works against all the hard work they are doing with the other aspects of their training. If you're just a ":backyard cutter", then it doesn't really matter all that much, but if you are actually learning a particular sword art or method, and you are incorporating target cutting into your practice, then it only makes sense to cut the way you've been trained. I go into that here in this video.


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