Talk:Kirikaeshi

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I added a reference and deleted the notability tag --- Kirikaeshi is one of the most important exercises in Kendo as pointed out in the citation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ffbond (talk • contribs) 08:03, August 27, 2007 (UTC)

I don't believe the actual 'literal translation' of kiri-kaeshi is to cut repeatedly. See Kaesu: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/返 I believe this is the same kanji as in Kaeshi waza where kaeshi refers to the returning/turning of the hand from one side of the opponent's shinai to the other (e.g. blocking on omote and striking on the ura side.

I believe that therefore the kiri-kaeshi meaning has to do with the way the hands turn as they go from right to left sayumen, rather than just the continuous and repeated strikes...can anyone with 'real Japanese' language and kendo knowledge comment and if necessary correct this? Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 35.9.55.79 (talk) 09:37, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hiro Imafuji (hopefully WP:N) remarks on the meaning of kirikaeshi:

Kirikaeshi (切り返し; hope you can read this kanji in your browser) means “when you are blocked, you turn your sword and cut the other side”. So what we do is literal, isn’t it? :)

https://www.kendo-guide.com/kirikaeshi-history.html

Kortoso (talk) 11:09, 26 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Type of kiri-kaeshi[edit]

Sorry, Ffbond,

The description of kiri-kaeshi in this article is about the modern standard kiri-kaeshi dictated by the All Japan Kendo Federation (AJKF). Maybe it is that type of kiri-kaeshi which you are practice but it is NOT the type of kiri-kaeshi as I known from the Tokugawa period (1603-1868). - Kontoreg (talk) 21:12, 8 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Question[edit]

"Then the striker moves quickly from tōma to issoku-ito-no-ma (one-step striking distance)..."

Now, toma, technically, is the maai in which you are out of range of your opponent. In the case of this instant in kirikaeshi, you just finished delivering a series of men strikes, so you can't really be in toma at all.

Kortoso (talk) 10:58, 26 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]