Hi. I recently started to learn Kenjutsu, and I can say I am improving my skills quite fast for a beginner. To further improve my skills, I decided to join this forum. For now, let me discuss about diagonal cuts.

-You do a diagonal cut either during yokomen or kesagiri. I find it much easier when the movement is initiated from "hasso no kamae" or "waki no kamae", so I would like to have some advices on how to do diagonal cuts well from "Jodan" without having to bring the sword to either sides - unless it HAS to be like this.

- At the end of a kesagiri, what should be the ideal position of the blade and your arms.

(By the way, please excuse my poor English!)

so what were you saying? you lost me at the first giri.