Suiō-ryū Notes March 3

Katana

The second row of knuckles on the left (lower) hand must in alignment with the blade. The right (upper) hand rotates around the handle as necessary through the cut, turning the wrist outwards.

In Tag, the arms must be high and back enough that you can look past them to either side. Must like we see in Meyer, though the feet and posture are different.

Naginata

The haft (lower) hand must be far enough away from the butt that the elbow roughly meets the end without going past it.

When cutting a fendente, the blade (upper) hand should slide along the blade for the entire length of the cut.

The thumb and middle finger of the blade hand must form a ring so that you never lose control of the weapon. Don’t allow it to slide open-handed.

When exchanging hands, both hands can go flat so that they slide past each other.