Disclaimer
Those techniques do not match perfectly, but they are fairly similar. With HEMA I mean German long sword in this post. The techniques allowed in Kendo are narrowed down compared to HEMA.
Stance
| Kendo |
HEMA |
| Hasso-no-kamae |
Hut vom Tag (tiefe Variante) 1 |
| Jodan-no-kamae |
Hut vom Tag (hohe Variante) 2 |
| Chudan-no-kamae |
Hut Pflug |
| Gedan-no-kamae |
Hut Alber |
| Kasumi-no-kamae |
Hut Ochs |
| Waki-no-kamae |
Nebenhut |
1 Starhemberg Fechtbuch, Fellowship of Liechtenauer, 1452
2 “Gründtliche Beschreibung, der freyen Ritterlichen unnd Adelichen Kunst des Fechtens”, Joachim Meyer, 1570
Attack
| Kendo |
HEMA |
| Shomen-uchi |
Scheitelhau (gerader Oberhau) |
| Yokomen-uchi |
Zornhau (diagonaler Oberhau) |
| Do-uchi |
Mittelhau |
| – |
Unterhau |
Setup / Counter-Attack / Defense
| Kendo |
HEMA |
| Osae-waza |
Binden |
| Harai-waza |
Versetzen |
| Uke-nagashi |
Hengen |
