Shouting?

True, this is incredibly high level though. It takes around 35-40 years to get to this point.

@@sleepingturtle32 what? ._.

Klemen Škoberne He was referencing a game called Sekiro...

That's what she said.

They need to do 3 things at the same time to hit. 1.) Hit with the Shinai (Bamboo-Sword) at one of the 4 Hit-Zones (Men, Kote, Do, Tsuki) 2.) They need to use the Voice at the same time, screaming what they are trying to hit 3.) They also must do a Foot-Stamp at the same time, called Fumikomi

@@Blubber4444 I practice kendo for a year or two now, and I still don't know how shiro achieved that ippon. For an 8-Dan tournament, that strike shouldn't count cos it barely hit. What my sensei told me is that a true strike comes from power and accuracy. That ippon lacks both of them though.

That is a very simple explanation of kikentai ichi ; in more detail : Ki (Mind/Spirit) - Show that they are in control, that they aren't taken by hesitation, fear, doubt, panic. That is done through a shout (kiai). Ken (Sword) - Use the shinai in a correct manner. That means correct edge-alingment (Hasuji) ; sufficient power to cut (Sae) ; using the correct part of the shinai (Mono-uchi). Tai (Body) - Using correct body mechanics and posture. Fumikomi is not actually a requirement, it is just one of the correct methods. I'd also add to that Zanshin ; keeping focus and being able to react even after you have hit.

There's also details such as, 1. it's harder to gain a point with strikes as you are going backwards 2. you cannot lose balance during the strike, 3. when going for wriest especially judges don't give points for wriest hit that is done out of the blue. For example, if you show you're going for the head, your opponent try to block, then you go for the wriest instead, you're more likely to get the point for the wriest. 4. Also japanese judges are extra stricter on all these requirements than other international judges. Basically the judges are looking for the most perfect clean hit, especially because it's a match between 8dans. Honestly it's so complicated, I don't know the exact exact reason the points were not given.

People here are explaining kendo rules, but don't seem to be answering your question. The 3 points listed is true. But what qualified the last strike as a valid point is probably because the striker successfully managed to perform zanshin. Basically he successfully followed through with his attack, preventing a successful counterattack from his opponent. While the previous attempts, his opponent consistently invalidated the successful hits by keeping his shinai in contact with the neck, face. Usually it has to be the neck as in directly at the throat for the strike to be invalidated, but the overall uncleanliness of the situation and the fact that this is 8dan probably meant judges were stricter.

Well yes and his opponent is Tani sensei not Ishida sensei.

@@rfoxmich Katsuhiko Tani Sensei??

because he moved his shinai back i guess

that is the zanshin. Should be right. But is a fair point

looks like it hit with the side of the shinai

may be it actually

Maybe a couple reasons are: It hit with the very-very tip of the shinai on the correct part of the kote (datotsubui wasn't hit with an ideal enough part pf the datotsubu), the set-up or reasoning behind the kote wasn't good enough (riai), the kote didn't appear planned. I'm like most people. I wish I could see the shinpan's reasoning for giving points just to know more about the complexity and thought behind it.

見終わって改めて思ったけどこの審判最悪。

But the point of Kendo, as far as i understand it, is to practice your whole life to be perfekt in this one discipline not to be a alround swordmaster/fighter.

It’s kendo, not kenjutsu, it’s meant to be a sport, this probably applies to kenjutsu though

Do football players with balls of different size, shape and weight? If they are only familiar kicking football balls, they will be in trouble when facing another team bouncing an American football egg and trying to pass it over the net.

What do you mean exactly?

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You simply don’t get it. You may or may not try to learn about it, or keep thinking that “this is ritualized into obscurity”.

You got this wrong, this is a sport, a derivative from a martial art (kenjutsu). Kendo itself is not intended as martial art, though you will find high rank members are also trained in the martial arts form.

correct me if i'm wrong here because I don't know that much about Kendo. Surely preforming a Mukae-zuki in this situation is acceptable due to the fact that both of them are 8-dan and would know how to deliver and receive a tsuki without injury?

@@P.Pran.P you are correct.