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I've watched that gif like twenty times I still can't see the guy on the left draw the sword. It just goes from hand on hilt to under the guy's chin. Like there are not enough frames to capture how crazy fast that guy is.
I've watched that gif like twenty times I still can't see the guy on the left draw the sword. It just goes from hand on hilt to under the guy's chin. Like there are not enough frames to capture how crazy fast that guy is.
If you look at the scabbard you can see it twitch backwards during the draw which I think he's using to help clear the blade.
I've watched that gif like twenty times I still can't see the guy on the left draw the sword. It just goes from hand on hilt to under the guy's chin. Like there are not enough frames to capture how crazy fast that guy is.
it doesn't help that the picture is hella compression artifacted and low resolution
I did Iaido a long time ago, and I certainly never got near the level of the dude in that video, but in general, manipulating the scabbard with your left hand was key to getting quick draws.
The scabbard is secured by a decently broad piece of cloth called an obi, which gives you a good amount of ability to shift the scabbard around. In the kata I learned, you'd do as much pulling the scabbard backwards, off of the blade, as you would move the blade forward, to get into a position where you could cut (or in this example, move the blade across your body into a thrusting position).
Unfortunately, the gif is from an angle that makes the scabbard work basically invisible. You can see that he flattens the blade out across his body (note how the end of the hilt ends up pointing towards the camera) and draws across his body, before flicking the point out towards his opponent.
It's a combination of moving the blade, moving the scabbard, and moving his entire body that facilitates the quick draw, which is why it's so impressive.
For something that is similar (though, not nearly as fast) check starting around the 2 minute mark of this video:
I've watched that gif like twenty times I still can't see the guy on the left draw the sword. It just goes from hand on hilt to under the guy's chin. Like there are not enough frames to capture how crazy fast that guy is.
One of my favorite parts of that Iaido gif is it took me like twenty watches trying to understand the quick draw to even notice the dude swinging the kasurigama in the back
hmm I get a slight feeling of pulling to the side but not as dramatically as that gif
feels like it's trying to stabilize the head against a surface pressing it from that direction, which causes your head to turn because the pressure is from something attached to your head, not a surface
I just tried it and it definitely gave a clear feeling of wanting to turn my head in the direction of the hook.
I also tried it with the hook pointing toward the front and back, and it made me want to tilt my head up (back) and down (front), although the sensation wasn't nearly as strong.
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It's the same basic mechanism as throwing salt over your shoulder to avert bad luck. The hanger gets stuck on the Devil's horns and the movement is caused by his attempts to surreptitiously disentangle himself.
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If you look at the scabbard you can see it twitch backwards during the draw which I think he's using to help clear the blade.
it doesn't help that the picture is hella compression artifacted and low resolution
The scabbard is secured by a decently broad piece of cloth called an obi, which gives you a good amount of ability to shift the scabbard around. In the kata I learned, you'd do as much pulling the scabbard backwards, off of the blade, as you would move the blade forward, to get into a position where you could cut (or in this example, move the blade across your body into a thrusting position).
Unfortunately, the gif is from an angle that makes the scabbard work basically invisible. You can see that he flattens the blade out across his body (note how the end of the hilt ends up pointing towards the camera) and draws across his body, before flicking the point out towards his opponent.
It's a combination of moving the blade, moving the scabbard, and moving his entire body that facilitates the quick draw, which is why it's so impressive.
For something that is similar (though, not nearly as fast) check starting around the 2 minute mark of this video:
edit: I did a dumb comment
It took me a hot minute to figure out what was going on in the foreground was such a big damn deal.
Like the samurai had in the old days to pretend to do hari-kari with when they didn't actually like their boss.
feels like it's trying to stabilize the head against a surface pressing it from that direction, which causes your head to turn because the pressure is from something attached to your head, not a surface
I also tried it with the hook pointing toward the front and back, and it made me want to tilt my head up (back) and down (front), although the sensation wasn't nearly as strong.