撥倒 Hatto and 鯉口の切り方 Koiguchi no kirikata

Tonight my focus was 鯉口の切り方 Koiguchi no kirikata. This is “cutting the carp’s mouth,” or freeing your sword from the “mouth” of the saya. There are nearly infinite ways to do this. But sadly, most sword schools obsess on only one or two.