<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Colleagues (with apologies for cross posting),<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>In the Kobayashi Masaki's _Seppuku_, towards the end of the movie during the final fight scene, Nakadai Tatsuya's�character�Tsugumo Hanshiro does a sliding movement across the room which looks like the lindy-hop tick tock (tic toc).� In lindy, you put your hands on your knees and then point your knees and feet out and then point them in, and repeat for several counts (and you remain in one place during this--its an accent you add to your dance).� In the movie, Tsugumo is wielding a sword so obviously his hands are not on his knees, but he slides across the floor by means of pointing his feet simultaneously both out and then both in and then both out again, and alternating weight from the heel to the ball of the foot as a means of lateral locomotion across the floor.�</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I assume this is a known sword fighting technique to allow you to move laterally without having to cross your legs and experience of moment of unbalance.� But can anyone picture what I am talking about and corroborate my assumption and tell me what this technique is called?</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Best,</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Bruce</DIV><BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; 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