[Promalada]

Call me old fashioned or hard headded, but I have a few qualms about Kendo today. One of them is the use of Tsuki by people who are clearly not qualified to do it! Especially, by people who are not even Yudansha!

In fact, I have problems with people who are 3-dan and below using it. People may think that I'm being unreasonable or that I maybe making much ado about nothing, but the fact remains that Tsuki is the most dangerous point to attempt in Kendo.

If done improperly, it can seriously HURT or even KILL someone!

Back when I was trainning and making my way up the ranks the thought of anyone below 4-dan doing tsuki was out of the question. It was strongly discouraged for Kenshi to attempt to do a Tsuki. But now times have changed and some Kenshi do it because they saw someone do it and it looked "cool."

All I can say is, how cool would it look if someone got hurt recieving a Tsuki... or worse... that person died? There was a reason why learning Tsuki was discouraged until you were at least 4-dan or higher.

It may look simple but, it requires a tremendous amount of control, confidence in one's kamae, and one's skill as a Kenshi.

When done properly it is an effective waza, but when done improperly it will cause more than just a bruise.

I've ranted on too long on this. But, this is what think and how I feel about this issue.

MKK