"..I think you are talking about shitachi chasing uchitachi who takes a step backwards taking hidari jodan..."
Exactly. For someone in jodan is a very threatening movement.
"...If so, I cannot picture how you use tsugi ashi seen in kata number six. If you are using ayumi-ashi to get closer to jodan, I can understand but it is pretty dangerous to do so unless you have a good distance between yourself and jodan opponent..."
From toma close in with tsugi ashi, menacing his left kote, now in issoku itto distance. In my limited experienced I have noted that usually the jodan kenshi will either launch an attack (but with a good seigan is not too difficult to react with a suriage to a katate men or kote), or withdraw to establish a distance more suited to him.
Kendo-Guide.Com: What we do with tsugi-ashi is to just move our left foot forwards. So we cannot really get closer to our opponent. Tsugi-ashi is for a striker to reach his/her opponent a little bit far from where the striker can usually execute a cut and reach his/her opponent.
So unless we take another step forwards onto the right foot after performing tsugi-ashi with the left foot we cannot really get closer to our opponent.
I think that's what you do, right?
An advantage of tsugi-ashi is that our opponent does not really notice that we are trying to use tsugi-ashi. A disadvantage of tsugi-ashi is that there is a possibility that we can get struck while moving the left foot forwards.
Thanks again for sharing your experience.
Sep 01, 2010 Rating
Use it against jodan by: Raffa
I found that tsugi ashi is very effective in fighting a jodan kenshi. Just assume seigan and press in using tsugi ashi with the spirit showed in kata N°6. You will menace his left kote very effectively!
Kendo-Guide.Com: Thank you for your comment. I think you are talking about shitachi chasing uchitachi who takes a step backwards taking hidari jodan.
If so, I cannot picture how you use tsugi ashi seen in kata number six. If you are using ayumi-ashi to get closer to jodan, I can understand but it is pretty dangerous to do so unless you have a good distance between yourself and jodan opponent.
If you can explain a bit more, probably we can picture your tactics more clearly.
