Kendo’s Hiki Waza Connection To Vale Tudo

I always remembered the Ultimate Fighting Championship 8 fight with Master Joe Moreira, 8th Degree BJJ Coral Belt & 3rd Degree Judo Black Belt (5′ 11″ and 205 lbs vs. Paul Varelans (6’8″ and 300 lbs). This UFC card was coined: David Vs. Goliath took place on Friday, February 16, 1996. Around this time, I was a teenage Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Blue Belt that loved to watch and read anything that was related to Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Vale Tudo (Anything Goes) fighting in Brazil. Therefore, watching how Moreira was going to fight Varelans was much anticipated. Although Joe Moreira ended up not winning this match, he did survive and used a strategy of clinching his opponent, grappling, and punching his way out of the clinch, moving backward. In the sport of Boxing, this is not allowed; however, in the UFC, in real life, and interesting in the budo/sport of Japanese Kendo, it is allowed. The Japanese refer to this form of attacking while moving backward: Hiki Waza. Today it is one of my favorite types of drills and skills of Kendo.

Kendo’s Hiki waza strategy of attacking, moving in the opposite direction from your opponent, does fall under counter-attacking or in Kendo Oji Waza. Below I will show two Kendo video clips of Hiki Waza and Oji Waza. It must be understood that in 1996, the UFC was still in its first three years of development. Until Master Joe Moreira came along, no one was using the Clinch and Punch Out Hiki Waza approach. I thought it was a genius. In detail, Hiki waza in Kendo refers to a technique where the practitioner strikes the opponent’s target while moving backward. It involves creating a sudden distance between the practitioner and the opponent and executing a strike while retreating. Hiki waza is often used as a counter-attack technique or to create an opening for a subsequent attack. It requires quick reflexes, timing, and precision to effectively execute hiki waza.

Many targets can be used following a Hiki Waza strategy for Mixed Martial Arts. You do not only need to strike with a punch. Using your knees, kicks, headbutts, and elbows is also useful. Headbutts, remember, my generation in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu training under the contexts of Vale Tudo, Self-Defense (Goshinjutsu), and later competition-sport gi and no-gi.

Earlier today, I had a challenging Kendo practice. Throughout the training, my timing and techniques were off; however, towards the end of the training, I started to have a few positive moments, including an effective Hiki waza strike to my training partner’s wrist (Kote). In addition, we did drills that performed a lot of Hiki waza, which pushed my conditioning. Finally, Kazuto Miura sensei, Kendo 7th dan & Iaido 4th dan pushed everyone to attack until the last breath by providing openings to strike, ending with when each ran out of breath with our kiai. One day soon, I will try to show and write about this. After training, I thought of Master Joe Moreira’s strategy and connection to Kendo.

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