【FREE】Giho 2 Tsurube-Nuki/ 釣瓶抜
Falling under the category of “ten’nuki”, this is a battou technique for the sake of learning sayabiki.
Battou with the kaisho (regular script) “守” (protect, defend, guard)
Explanation
Please let me now explain tsurube-nuki.
As for stances, we have 閉足立 (heisokudachi) where we stand with our feet shoulder width apart, or 結立 (musubidachi) where we bring our heels together. We recommend you start training with musubidachi as beginners.
First, raise your sword with your left hand. Bring the tsuba all the way up to the height of your chin. Next, raise your right hand from below and grab the tsuka. When doing this, don’t go off to the side with your hand. Grab the tsuka from below with your right hand while keeping your armpit closed.
Cut the koiguchi and firmly push the saya down. Next, stretch your right arm upwards and bring the tip of the sword behind your body.
Then starting from your ring finger grip the tsuka of your sword. Doing so will make the tsukagashira come out to the front, grab there with your left hand and cut straight down in front of you. While cutting make sure to get up on your toes, bend your back and cut with your sword all the way down.
After the cut, spread up your legs to get into a stance alled 馬上立 (bajoudachi) and assume ‘seigan’ (where you point at your opponent’s eyes).
Bring the tsuba all the way up to the height of your chin.
Grab the tsuka from below with your right hand.
Cut the koiguchi and firmly push the saya down.
Properly raise your right hand and bring the tip of the sword behind your back.
Starting from your ring finger grip the tsuka and bring out the tsukagashira to the front.
Grip the tsukagashira with your left hand and cut straight down in front of you.
While cutting, properly get up on your toes and bend your back.
After the cut, get into bajoudachi and assume seigan.
Recite 臨 (rin), 兵 (pyou), 闘 (tou), 者 (sha), 皆 (kai), 陣 (jin), 烈 (retsu), 在 (zai), 前 (zen) in your head.
Next let’s switch to the explanation for noutou. First the noutou for beginners. Firmly put the sword down, on the way put the left hand on your left hip and bring the right hand to the right side of your own face, thrust the sword down and do chiburui.
Then pull out your saya towards your sword, i.e. get it out to “sayanari”. Mount the back of your sword onto your saya. Now the tip of your sword should be at your left shoulder. Since you’re a beginner we don’t mind if you actually put your sword onto your shoulder.
After that pull back the saya and while making hanmi do the noutou. Once the tip of the sword has entered the saya, cover up the sword with your saya, recite 無 (mu) in your head and slowly move both hands towards each other at the same pace and sheathe your blade.
When the tsuba has reached your nakazumi, go into heisokudachi, grip the tsukagashira with your right hand and push the sword tighly into the saya. Next put your right hand on your right hip and the left hand on your left hip, slowly lower your arms and return to musubidachi like in the beginning.
I’ll perform noutou from the side.
I firmly put the sword down.
I put my left hand on my left hip, bring my right hand to the right of my face and do chiburui.
When you do this, please bring your right hand right beside your body. Please make sure to position your right hand around the height of your chest.
I bring out the saya towards my sword.
I mount the back of my sword onto the saya and bring the tip of the sword at around my right shoulder. It’s fine if you actually put the sword onto your left shoulder as a beginner.
From there while making hanmi I do the noutou.
Once the tip of the sword has entered the saya, I cover up the sword with the saya, recite 無 (mu) in my head and while I keep the hanmi posture I sheathe my blade.
When the tsuba has reached my nakazumi, I go into heisokudachi.
I grip the tsukagashira with my right hand and push the sword firmly into the saya.
I let go of the tsuka and put my right hand on my right hip.
I put my left hand on my left hip.
And then I return to musubidachi.
Bring out the saya towards the sword.
Mount the back of the sword onto the saya and bring the tip of the sword around your left shoulder. When doing this, bringing out the saya and turning around the sword happen at the same time, then do the noutou.
Slowly move both hands together at the same pace until the tsuba has reached your nakazumi.
Go into heisokudachi, grip the tsukagashira with your right hand and ‘close’ your sword in the saya.
Let go of the tsuka and put your right hand on your right hip.
Put your left hand on your left hip.
And lastly, return to musubidachi.
Battou with the sousho (cursive script) “離” (separation)