A Nukitsuke is the skill which can cope with an enemy's preemptive attack. Of course, it is effective in the preemptive attack toward the enemy as well. A Nukitsuke is the important skill which a battle is decided as at a moment.
Bend both knees a little, and stabilize the posture of the body.
Take the left foot forward a little, and then put a hand on the hilt. Do "cut a Koikuchi" in the thumb of the left hand, and hold a hilt with your right hand from the bottom. At this time, do it quietly so that an enemy may not notice this movement. Then, you must not hold a hilt with all strength.
Take the right foot forward greatly, and pull out a sword with turning the edge of the sword to the top. A beginner may slant a sheath from the beginning. Then, a sword is easy to pull out from the sheath. (There is a school which slants a sheath from the beginning without turning the edge of the sword to the top, too.) When a sword is pulled out, you must not pull it out fast suddenly. Pull it out to become fast gradually after beginning to pull out it. Then, pull it out from kissaki to 9cm.
Slant a sheath horizontally the moment a sword pull out of the sheath. Then, Cut a target horizontally with a sword quickly. At this time, pull a sheath backward with your left hand. This is said as "Sayabiki". If you don't do a "Sayabiki", a sheath is likely to be shaved by the sword's edge. Nukitsuke's power increases when this reaction of the "Sayabiki" is used. The height of the right fist after you finished swinging a sword is the height of the shoulder. And it is improper to raise a sword point more than the horizontal.
