Moving Sword Meditations

[Wolf]

I just want to make sure I'm doing these right and remembering the right number.

1) Downward chop to 45 degree
2) Circle overhead to the left making strike parralel to ground then back around to the right.
3) High Horizontal Block, Low Horizontal Block, Downward chop
4) Behind the back thrust, Cut Left, Cut Right
5) Circle Behind head and chop down and to the left, go back around behind the head and chop down and to the right.

Is this the correct order and right techniques?

[coc716]

I just want to make sure I'm doing these right and remembering the right number.

1) Downward chop to 45 degree
2) Circle overhead to the left making strike parralel to ground then back around to the right.
3) High Horizontal Block, Low Horizontal Block, Downward chop
4) Behind the back thrust, Cut Left, Cut Right
5) Circle Behind head and chop down and to the left, go back around behind the head and chop down and to the right.

Is this the correct order and right techniques?

Close. In #2 you'd go one hand (grip) left one hand right, then two hands left then two hands right; so you list 2 cuts, I'm listing 4. At least, that's how I learned it. In the Sword handbook it does 2 hands first then 1 hand. I go with what I was taught.

In #3, high block, low block, downward chop, then straight poke forward.

At my school we add 2 more. #6 is for drawing and sheathing. You draw, cut 3 times (like #1) then sheath. #7 is the first portion of Jung Gum Hyung -- draw, cut forward, cut forward, cut downward to the right side... then from there you sheath.

I know these are all covered in the Sword Handbook, officially the 5 are the meditations then the other 2 we tack on actually do follow in the handbook in the section immediately after the 5 meditations. It lists the first as drawing from a kneeling position, and the second as drawing from a standing position.

[Silentmonk]

I just want to make sure I'm doing these right and remembering the right number.

1) Downward chop to 45 degree
2) Circle overhead to the left making strike parralel to ground then back around to the right.
3) High Horizontal Block, Low Horizontal Block, Downward chop
4) Behind the back thrust, Cut Left, Cut Right
5) Circle Behind head and chop down and to the left, go back around behind the head and chop down and to the right.

Is this the correct order and right techniques?

From what i'm understanding these descriptions to mean, pretty much what I've been taught. Just Number 2 is one hand cuts then two hand cuts, so 2 cuts each side,alternating. And number 3 has a stab at the end after the downward chop.

[coc716]

...what I've been taught. Just Number 2 is one hand cuts then two hand cuts...

Well, at least we both learned it "backwards" from what the Sword Handbook says. :D

[Silentmonk]

Ooops.............. simultanious posting isn't it fun :D

At least they agree huh :)

[ember]

We do 2 in the book's order, but we do 3 "backwards", starting with the chop.

Well, at least we both learned it "backwards" from what the Sword Handbook says. :D

[Wolf]

Thanks for all the input. It's coming back to me now. I believe we do 2 in the textbook fashion (2 hands then one). Also, I always seem to forget the thrust in 3 :bang:

[davefly76]

From what i'm understanding these descriptions to mean, pretty much what I've been taught. Just Number 2 is one hand cuts then two hand cuts, so 2 cuts each side,alternating. And number 3 has a stab at the end after the downward chop.

i agree :D