Iaido by libernull

Poser • Atmosphere/Mood • posted on Jan 06, 2006

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The iaido master imagines an adversary. He will dispatch his adversary with the fluid grace of the wind, and the deadly fury of a tsunami. "Saya no uchi de katsu" - victory in the scabbard of the sword. -- an image inspired by my first steps on self-discovery and inner harmony.

Comments (3)

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shonsu

12:17AM | Fri, 06 January 2006

Excellent image, pov and concept. Are you a practitioner of Iaido?

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kirisute

2:19AM | Fri, 06 January 2006

very nice....one minor flaw in the position of the katana, ie: its upside down....Iaido usually starts with the basic draw being made "sharp" upwards...which would mean the scabbard would curve downwards....picky picky...i know ;) there is of course a few techniques that require the rotation of the scabbard through 180 degrees to results in the blade leaving it sharp down... very nice posing though!

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libernull

11:49PM | Fri, 06 January 2006

let's just assume its one of those techniques ;) thank you both for your comments. i went to my first lesson tonight. and even with what i learned tonight, i can see several things about the image that bug me. but over all, its an image i am quite proud of. thank you both again for commenting.