剣の構えより,身構え,心構え。
It is more than how you hold your sword.
Most people learning Iai or Kendo are taught the basic five stances - 五行の構え (Gogyou-no-kamae). Indeed these are important to know, and these are all physical postures taken when the sword is drawn. As written in a previous post, in Iai, victory is decided in the saya (居合の勝負は鞘の中です). Can one conclude that Iai has no kamae? While it may sound logical, it cannot be further from the truth. Although the sword is in the saya, how the person carries him/herself is an expression of m