Hassō-no-kamae
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| Kanji: | 八相（八双）の構 | ||||||
| Hiragana: | はっそうのかまえ | ||||||
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Hassō-no-kamae (八相（八双）の構 はっそうのかまえ?), frequently shortened simply to hassō, and occasionally called hassō-gamae, is one of the five stances in kendo: jōdan, chūdan, gedan, hassō, and waki. Hasso is an offensive stance, it is named hassō "all (eight) directions" because you can respond to the situation in any direction. Waki and hassō are not commonly used in modern Kendo, apart from in kata.
In hassō-no-kamae the left foot is forward, and the sword is held pointing upright with the hilt in front of the right shoulder. The blade should slope slightly to the rear. When cutting the sword is raised above your head, as in jōdan. [1]
hassō-no-kamae is used by uchidachi in the 4th Kendo kata, opposite shidachi's waki-gamae. [2] This posture is also used in Naginata.
Hassō is called in-no-kamae (陰の構え いんのかまえ?) "shadow stance" in Ittō-ryū. It is called Hassō (八相:はっそう?) in Shinkage-ryū. It is also called the moku-no-kamae (木の構え もくのかまえ?) "Stance of Wood", because the stance looks like a tree.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ 上野 靖之 (1966) 剣道教典 (Educational Model Fencing) 尚武館刊. p317
- ^ Sasamori, Junzo; Gordon Warner (1964). This is Kendo. Japan: Charles E. Tuttle. ISBN 0-8048-0574-1.
- ^ 上野 靖之 (1966) 剣道教典 (Educational Model Fencing) 尚武館刊.p317
