Suburi

Suburi (Japanese素振り) are repetitive movement or cutting exercises, which are intended to improve your basic technique in sports such as kendo, aikido, Iaidō and Kenjutsu. These exercises are done in most cases without a partner at the beginning or end of the training. One usually used for Suburi a shinai, BOKUTO or SUBURITO ( BOKUTO a larger weight). The Kiai during Suburi is either the loud exclamations of the respective target area (men, kote, etc.) or the loud counting the exercises. Suburi can be performed both two-handed, and one handed ( Katate ).

Examples

  • Jōgeburi: From Chudan position the shinai is raised with a wide backswing over the head. It follows a blow which only stops at knee height.
  • Nanameburi: The Shinai is lifted with a wide backswing over the head. The cutting is carried out with the Shinai at an angle of about 45 ° up to knee height. One starts with a blow to the left side.
  • SHOMEN -uchi: A large, far be obsolete even blow on your forehead height. After the strike was carried out, one goes back to the starting position, the Chudan -no- kamae.
  • Sayūmen -uchi: How SHOMEN -uchi, but with cuts at a 45 ° angle, starting with the left side ( Hidari -Men ).
  • Zenshin - kotai - SHOMEN - suburi: How SHOMEN -uchi, only one straight men is beaten up on the own forehead height, even while walking back. The Chudan position is taken only at the end and at the beginning of this Suburi.
  • Zenshin - kotai - sayūmen - suburi: How Zenshin - kotai - SHOMEN - suburi, but with side - Men shocks ( Sayu -Men ).
  • Haya suburi or chōyaku suburi: Fast, cracked Suburi of Hayai - fast or chōyaku - jump. The Okuri Ashi footwork is maintained, only it runs very quickly, resulting in a kind of jumping. In the ' skip forward ' is being beaten up on the own forehead height, the ' skip back ' will be obsolete.
  • Koshi suburi: It is taken for straight upper body a broad stance with flexion of the knee joints. In the backswing the legs are slightly stretched, during the downward movement of the Shinais the hull is lowered as far as possible. The cut ends when the Shinai is approximately parallel to the ground. It must be ensured that a straight posture is achieved throughout the exercise.
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