ANST - armor standards
Jesus Cavazos
toshirokoi at hotmail.com
Fri Aug 27 10:47:31 PDT 1999
>From: "j'lynn yeates" <jyeates at realtime.net>
>Reply-To: ansteorra at Ansteorra.ORG
>To: ansteorra at Ansteorra.ORG
>Subject: Re: ANST - armor standards
>Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 00:48:43 -0500
>
>On 24 Aug 99, at 21:25, Jesus Cavazos wrote:
>
> > ... Thrusts of any kind were forbitten (as they are in Kendo).
>
>not completely true ... what of "tsuki", struck to the throat with the
>point of
>the shinai? granted it is usually not allowed in neophyte practice, it is
>still a legitimate point of attack, and traditional kendo armor is
>designed to protect against it.
>
>'wolf
>
>
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As you said, thrust to the throat are not allowed in present day kendo
practice. And thrusts to any other part of the body are no-nos. The shinai
that was trying to be passed did not allow any thrust to any part of the
body.
Toshiro Koi
Ansteorra
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