[GenManagerS]

There's a lot more to doing a tsuki strike during jigeiko than just stepping forward and poking the shinai into your opponent's tsuki-dare, and a lot more things that can go wrong than doing the same thing in kihon.

Too many beginners/lower dan grades are tense enough (Atama, you were knocked out twice by men cuts!!?) as it is, let alone trying to relax their whole body and respond instantly as a tsuki goes wrong in mid-execution. Landing on the back of your head after receiving a mis-timed tsuki is a lot more serious than just a bruised neck or throat.

There's a lot more kendo skill and experience needed beyond the technique itself.

Hamish