You know, it really helps. Thank you very much! I know about not going around, but before your answer that only was about basics for me and I really didn't understand that about jigeiko or shiai.
But one more moment: is it possible/ correct to strike men (for example) and then not crash into your opponent (or go through) but go backwards a little ? just to appear in issoku itto no ma?
Here I mean that some senseis say that we should have impulse when striking and so it's incorrect not going somewhere: backwards, forwards or aside. They say that means we have not enough impulse.
So is it good to make men strike and move backwards a little, almost staying at the same place, like it is often done with tsuki strike? (Lunge and quickly jerk away without going far)
Kendo-Guide.Com: I think many other people are having the same question. This is related to what should be considered to be valid.
"is it good to make men strike and move backwards a little, almost staying at the same place, like it is often done with tsuki strike?"
A short answer is "yes".
However, such strikes should be executed with good tenouchi and fully developed ki. And of course, they should be followed by good zanshin. Such strikes cannot just be executed after a few years of training.
Often times, such strikes are counter-attacks against an opponent coming towards us. After executing such a counter-attack, we move backwards, to the right or to the left a little bit. It is rare we just stay where we are because our opponent is coming towards us.
I should say that this is a quite advanced way of striking. The reason is easy and mentioned above. You need good tenouchi and fully developed ki.
We do not have to worry about such strikes too much. We will be able to do it without practicing it much as we train kendo for a long time.
