Aikido Weapons: Masubi-Nokai Pt. 2

Video Transcript

"This is the second portion of masubi-nokai. We've just finished where she's cutting towards the knee, I draw all the way back. Okay, from this position miho or shiraki sensei has got- she's again in segon, she's going to do two forward cuts. The first one comes, and I'm going to draw this up as I step back, bring it all the way to my elbow. She's going to come in again, I'm going to wait for the very last instant, and I'm going to dive off line, covering and blocking the sword. Then I go on the attack, and I do a yokomen. That doesn't work, so I do another yokomen, that doesn't work, so I do a ashi cut, or a leg cut. Go back up, do a yokomen, one more time go for the ashi. We cut straight up, pivot the hips, and then we would get rid of any blood at this point. But again we've been swinging the sword a little bit, this is a time to rest. This is the second portion of masubi-nokia"