Tag: Kamae

Ken no Kamae 剣の構え are sword positions or guards used in Japanese sword systems such as iaido and kenjutsu. Kamae 構え | Sword Guards Chūdan no Kamae 中段の構え Middle-level guard. The sword is held in front of the body with…

Hanmi No Kamae 半身の構え means Half Body Stance. Hanmi is one of the core structural ideas of all Japanese martial arts essentially meaning “half-body posture.” You don’t face your opponent square-on. Instead, you stand sideways at an angle so that:…

In Japanese the general term for standing is tachi (立ち) but is changed to dachi when used as a suffix. It comes from the verb 立つ (tatsu), to stand. In martial arts, tachi refers to either a standing posture or…