One Cut

Ichi no tachi (or Hitotsu tachi)

Entering the opponents striking range & drawing an attack rather than initiating one & then stepping inside the blow whilst delivering one's own. This is one of the famous tenets (or philosophies) that was discovered & developed by the infamous and undefeated Samurai Warrior and swordsmen Yagyū Munenori who lived in Japan almost 400 years ago.

The Life-Giving Sword: Secret Teachings from the House of Shogun by Yagyu Munenori

The Life Giving Sword

by Yagyu Munenori

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Updated: Friday, 10 September 2010