![]() Part of their mind that is wandering about wondering what they will have The power comes from their well-developedĪnd practiced concentration. Sensei’s metsuke is exceptional, but all of the experienced budoka I Really, truly frightening, so much so that her metsuke becomes a weapon Then you become the focus of her entireīeing and the world is blocked out by the strength of her focus. Like someone’s kindly grandmother, at least until she picks up a weaponĪnd prepares to attack you. Kohashi Sensei is a tiny woman, maybe 4’ 11 inches (148 cm). I remember the feeling when I wasįirst studying jodo and training with one of seniors, Kohashi Sensei. The weight of their concentration on you when you face them. Great practitioners have incredible focus. Takes a tremendous practice, and often not a few bruises, to learn thisįocus. Open to the opponent who is still in front of us. The side, we will follow the weapon to the side, leaving ourselves wide If we are following the weapon and we knock it to Slips off the person wielding the weapon and gets stuck on the weapon we Tool and gains all of its direction from the wielder. The partner is the adversary and real source of danger. Left or the right, both people maintain their focus on their partner. While the weapon may come from straight ahead, the Must maintain your focus on your whole partner and not let it slip away Even when the attack comes from an angle, you You can start out well but then have your focus stolenīy movement or attack. My gaze away from this point, so that I don’t become locked onto theĪttacking weapon, leaving me unaware of what’s coming next. Whole body at most distances, and I can sense intentions from subtleĬhanges and shifts in posture. They are very clear that I am not toīe looking in anyone’s eyes. My teachers have me looking at a point a little above Study, my teachers have pulled my metsuke in a lot closer than aĭistant mountain. Is a good starting point for developing metsuke, but in the koryu budo I He says develop the strength and look your partner in the eye. Kiyama Sensei has quite clearly corrected me on this point. What they intend to do if they are any good at all. That staring at your partner’s eyes really won’t tell you anything about They do something besides look back at your eyes. If you’re staring at their eyes, you’ll react when Time, but you can easily be led to even further weakness through eyeįeints and bluffs. ![]() Not only can’t you respond to what she is doing in You’re looking at your partner’s eyes, you’re going to have the same Do this, and what you are staring at will hurt you,īecause you won’t be able to respond in time to what your partner is Hurt them, they stare at it, and forget all about the person it’sĬonnected to. If they think that’s the thing that’s going to Is going to hurt them, whether it is a hand, sword, staff or giant Beginning students have a habit of staring at the part they think The whole of our adversary, not just the tip of their weapon, or our Primary means of connecting with our adversary. We humans are exceptionally visualĬreatures, and for anything beyond the grappling range, seeing is our Weapon, or just as bad, your intended target. This counters the all too natural tendency to stare at your opponents Things close by in your peripheral vision without focusing on them. Here is that when you look at something in the distance, you perceive ![]() Which they use to describe how to fix your gaze in kendo. Kendo teachers are fond of the phrase enzan no metsuke 遠山の目付 , Practice, metsuke is really about what you’re looking at and how you’reĭoing the looking. Without knowing the context won’t give you a useful meaning. The lesson we can takeįrom this is that reading kanji and trying to understand the meaning In thisĬase, it is means something like “sticking eyes to ~” or “attaching yourĮyes to~”. Is the kanji for to attach, to apply (and many other uses). 目 is pronounced “may” in this case and 付 is pronounced “tsoo-kay”. The kanji that make up the term metsuke are 目 and 付. I’m pretty sure that’s not the meaning we’re looking for. This mean it’s really about having a gaze like a low level bureaucrat? Term has its origins in a bureaucratic title from the feudal age. Superintendent officer (in the feudal age)”. Unrelated to the term’s use in budo practice. In the Kenkyusha Online Dictionary gets you a meaning completely Their whole being seems to fill their eyes and their gaze. Just their glance isĮnough to make any sensible person back up and rethink their options. My iai and jo teachers are particularly fierce. I’ve known a number of teachers like that. Friend of mine was commenting on someone’s metsuke, and how she really
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