{"id":176,"date":"2013-09-13T04:38:18","date_gmt":"2013-09-13T11:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackswordaikido.com\/?p=176"},"modified":"2013-09-13T04:38:18","modified_gmt":"2013-09-13T11:38:18","slug":"killing-life-giving-sword","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackswordaikido.com\/2013\/09\/13\/killing-life-giving-sword\/","title":{"rendered":"Killing &#038; Life-Giving Sword"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Japanese martial literature discusses two styles of fencing: the \u201ckilling sword\u201d and the \u201clife-giving sword.\u201d A lot of nonsense has been published about these two terms.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Setsunin to, \u201ckilling sword.\u201d\u00a0 When combatant uses force of will to overpower, immobilize, and strike down an opponent before he can react: \u201csword that transfixes or sword that kills response.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Katsujin ken, \u201clife-giving sword.\u201d\u00a0 Involves drawing out the opponent, inducing him to strike and then going inside his technique, countering it at either the moment of its origination or at the point of its most complete extension: \u201csword that animates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Setsunin to is an egotistical and risky approach to combat, the slightest miscalculation will result in the swordsman walking straight into the opponent\u2019s counterattack.\u00a0 Katsujin ken, by contrast, involves a sophisticated manipulation of the opponent and his actions by means of other selflessness; 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