Aikido Weapons: Masubi-Nokai Pt. 3

Video Transcript

"This is the third and last portion of Musubi no ken. We've just finished where we've done a lot of clanking of swords, we're a little out of breath. So we drew our sword all the way down and now we're kind of pausing and waiting, catching our breath a little bit, watching the opponent. We then start to circle, and as we circle we'll find a little bit of an opening. We both feel the tension and as we do so, we bring the the swords up, we do a Yokomen, we meet there, okay. We both feel the pressure, normally we try to turn this in into a Yokomen immediately, but from this, we're just going to drop this, we're going to use a tactic, we're going to drop the tip, we're going to roll the sword and step through. Okay. She's not really aware of this, this is not a normal technique so we're going to do that again, we're going to drop it. And this time I'm going to try to rotate it as far as I can and finish with my sword at her throat and also protecting myself against her sword here. This is the the third and last portion of the Musubi no ken."